AppleTV to allow you to play games...

MacScoop is reporting that they found some strings in the latest release of iTunes that point to the ability to play games on the AppleTV.
We did some digging following their discovery and we can confirm it:

A search for "Apple TV" in the program's localization strings, which can be accessed from the compiled version of the program, brings us the following result, among many others:
'Are you sure you want to sync games? All existing games on the Apple TV "^1" will be removed' where "^1" is a variable which is replaced by the name given to the Apple TV device.
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Here's how to make this verification:
- Open your Applications folder and find the "iTunes" icon
- Right-clic (or ctrl-clic) on the iTunes icon and choose "Show Package content"
- Go to "Contents/Resources/English.lproj"
- Open the "Localizable.strings" file with a text editor
- Perform a search on the string mentioned in this article
- It should highlight the line number 2841

But we at Hardmac also found that there are strings that point to the ability to sync games with a PHONE, meaning probably that the iPod games will be playable on selected cellphones, including the iPhone (that would be the least...). Also, you will be able to sync your contacts and calendars on the AppleTV:

"4301.161" = "Are you sure you want to sync games? All existing games on the mobile phone “^1” will be replaced with games from this iTunes library.";
"4301.162" = "Are you sure you do not want to sync games? All existing games on the mobile phone “^1” will be removed.";
"4301.163" = "Syncing games on “^1”…";
"4309.126" = "Songs cannot be added to “^1” because all of its space has been reserved for data.";
"4309.127" = "Syncing contacts on “^1”…";
"4309.128" = "Syncing calendars on “^1”…";
"4309.145" = "The Apple TV “^1” is synced with contacts and calendars on another computer. Do you want to sync with this computer and replace all existing contacts and calendars on this Apple TV with those from this computer?";

Well, of course, if you own Equinux MediaCentral, you can already play games on your TV, but the games are more like Pong, Tic-tac-toe and such than full-fledged (dare I say it) iPod games...
We'll keep digging to see what we can bring back...