TheEnigmaticT: It's a new feature we'll be rolling out in the future for further updates. SR2 was our first test case. As such, if there's anything that you find really horrible about it, let me know and I'll pass your comments along to the devs.
Okay, good job on the universal patches for the Alan Wake games, quick, easy, and they were at the top of the list, so I knew what to look for and they were easy to spot.
Also, in this case the patches were small.
I still think a fly-out panel "My Most Recently Updated Games" should show you the game boxes of your most recently updated games. You should also be able to dismiss the notification about it in the My Account drop down without losing the information on your game shelf (having the fly out panel would probably solve this). If you re-release a big download some folks may not want to redownload it right away. Keeping the information handy while not having the "New Message" notification would be nice. Or see my point about New Message notifications below (in which case dismissing the New Game notification is probably not needed).
I also suggest a bigger notification on the game shelf, even if it's optional. Maybe a red bandolier across the game picture "UPDATED".
New Message notifications: is there any reason not to color code these with the highest priority message type shown by default. For example:
Orange: New Private Message
Red: New Forum Reply
Green: Game Updated
Orange is highest priority, followed by Red, then Green. That way one can safely ignore contact types they aren't interested in checking out at the moment.