'VAST' is a Cool-Looking Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter that's Exclusive to the Apple TV
We've covered Apple TV games here and there over the years as it's pretty closely related to iOS gaming, but I think it's safe to say that none of us at TouchArcade have been terribly impressed with gaming on Apple's set-top box. When Apple finally (finally!) unveiled an Apple TV that supported a full App Store back in the fall of 2015, we hoped it would be a major landmark for Apple in the home console gaming space. The content was certainly there consisting of both existing iOS games and Apple TV exclusive stuff, but Apple's decision to require all games to be playable with the Siri Remote definitely hampered the proliferation of more traditional gaming experiences. They walked that requirement back in June of last year, finally allowing games to require an MFi controller, but by then it was too little too late. Anyway, the Apple TV is still a very capable gaming system, and although there's no reason to run out and buy one specifically for gaming the games that are available are a nice bonus for those who want an Apple TV anyway. It's a great media streaming box, after all. This past September when Apple unveiled the new iPhone 8 and iPhone X devices, they also unveiled a new 5th generation Apple TV with support for 4K content, a beefier A10X Fusion chipset, and 3 GB of RAM. There's definitely no doubt that the 4th gen Apple TV and especially the 5th gen box are very capable gaming devices, and long-time games industry veteran Xander Davis and his studio Astrogun wanted ...
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