10 games we’re dying to play on the new Apple TV – AppleTV 4 Jailbreak (appletv4jailbreak.com)
Apple is the company most responsible for ushering in touchscreen gaming, but a rumor now claims the company will reveal a new device tomorrow that will rely heavily on a physical controller.
By this time tomorrow, we’ll know exactly what Apple has planned for the new Apple TV (read everything we know about the device right here). But for now, a report (originally from 9to5 Mac) suggests that the company plans to dive into gaming. This includes bringing the App Store to the device as well as a TV-style remote control with a motion sensor built-in. More important, Apple is also reportedly working to ensure the new gadget supports the latest console-style Bluetooth controllers — and that’s despite other companies, like Nvidia, ditching Bluetooth controllers due to causing a laggy connection.
All of this means that Apple is potentially introducing a new gaming console tomorrow, and we have a list of games that we can’t wait to play on our Apple TVs with a real controller.
Crossy Road
Tons of games that are popular and lucrative on iPhone and iPad will make no sense at all on a television. Trust me — your family does not want to watch you take over the TV to play Clash of Clans. But Crossy Road is a great example of something that would work with a controller. And it already does!
Crossy Road is the Frogger-style endless hopping game that debuted earlier this year to critical acclaim, huge download numbers, and more than $10 million in revenue. While it’s a good touchscreen app, developer Hipster Whale also incorporated controller support for devices like the Nvidia Shield and Amazon Fire TV. It could find new life on Apple TV, where gamers and families can take turns seeing who can get the farthest.
Pac-Man 256
This is the endless Pac-Man game that just debuted last month on mobile devices (read our review here). It’s about the yellow pellet muncher outracing the glitch that caused colorful numbers and letters to appear on the screen for anyone who got to level 256 in the original arcade release.
Pac-Man 256 is another Hipster Whale production, and it is also ideally suited to both touchscreen and gamepad controls. Once again, it already has support for both, so it’s just a matter of getting the game out on Apple TV.
Minecraft: Pocket Edition
Minecraft doesn’t need any more help. It’s easily one of the most popular games in the world, and it doesn’t matter if you play it with a gamepad, mouse and keyboard, or on a touchscreen. But because we know the game works with a controller thanks to its megasuccesful entries on the consoles, we’d love to see it get full gamepad support on Apple TV. That way, kids who…
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