Activision’s hit Guitar Hero has just landed on the Apple TV App Store. Guitar Hero Live for tvOS features a new live mode that is said to bring you “closer to the live stage experience” with live-action, first-person gameplay with crowds and bands that react dynamically to how you play.

Guitar Hero Live puts you on stage rocking reactive live-action crowds. Guitar Hero Live is all about the dream of becoming a rock star. You will play with REAL band members, playing to REAL crowds, with REAL reactions to your performance. Play well and the crowd will love you! Play poorly and your fans will turn on you!

There is also a Guitar Hero TV, “the world’s first playable music video network,” which will let you play along with a continually updated collection of official music videos.

Jump into one of the GHTV channels anytime, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and get rocking!

The game is free. You can “unlock full digital game” for $49.99 via an in-app purchase.

Although according to Apple’s App Programming Guide for tvOS, all Apple TV games must be playable solely with the Siri Remote and may not require the use of a controller, the release note for the tvOS version of Guitar Hero Live reads that the game requires the Bluetooth Guitar Controller to play.

Guitar Hero Live is also available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.

More games for Apple TV 4:

• Cosmos – Infinite Space: classic arcade shooter for Apple TV 4
• MacPaw Labs releases 4 apps for the new Apple TV
• Pangea releases five tvOS games with support for 3DTV
• MAME emulator running on Apple TV 4

Also read:

• Apple TV 4 hacked to run a web browser
• New Apple TV hacked to enable app folders
• Official Plex app for Apple TV released
• How Apple is fixing what’s wrong with console gaming today

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Just a day after Apple unveiled the 4th generation Apple TV with support for third-party MFi-based game controllers, SteelSeries announced the world’s first gamepad controller designed specifically for Apple TV.

Nimbus features pressure sensitive buttons for “precise control”, menu button for “instant navigation”, Lightning connector for charging and provides 40+ hours of gameplay on a single charge.

It will also be compatible with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac.

The free companion SteelSeries iOS app will give you access to charts listing the top free and paid controller-enabled games. The app will also keeps the controller up-to-date.

As noted by ArsTechnica, MFi controllers work with nearly 800 existing iOS games, “all of which should be relatively simple to port to the Apple TV as universal apps with full controller support.”

Here is a list of all MFI-compatible iOS games.

Nimbus will be available on apple.com and in Apple Stores “around the globe” in late October for $49.95 /59.95 €.

Apple TV 4 will be available at the end of October starting at $149 for a 32GB model and $199 for a 64GB model.

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