Xbox One Keyboard and Mouse Supported by Fortnite, Feature Launch Next Week

At X018 event, the Xbox Fans event taking place in Mexico City, Microsoft announced that mouse and keyboard support would arrive on the Xbox One on November 14, and that Xbox Insiders will be able to use it on some games at launch, while other titles will add it later. . Among these games, there is "Warname Fortnite and Digital Extremes" from Epic Games.

In November, the Deep Rock Galactic, Strange Brigade, Vermintide 2, War Thunder and X-Morph Defense bomber teams will also be updated to provide keyboard and mouse support. Beyond that, Microsoft named Children of Morta, DayZ, Master Minion, Moonlight, Vigor, Warface and Wargroove Games "adding support in the future".

According to Microsoft, when the feature is available next week, developers will have the tools to create "custom mouse and keyboard experiences for their game, at their convenience, to provide fans with a fun and fun experience.

The company also took the opportunity to reveal a selection of mouse and keyboard devices "designed for Xbox". It was confirmed that Razer would be the exclusive partner of these products and is expected to introduce their Designed for Xbox family of devices at CES in January 2019. Microsoft says they will be "created for living room or office scenarios, delivered with a dedicated Xbox key and supports the new Xbox Dynamic Lighting feature allowing for immersive immersion effects in the game. "

Of course, the introduction of mouse and keyboard support is a big problem, especially for competing titles such as Fortnite. Traditionally, it is thought that those who use the mouse and keyboard have an advantage because they allow users to be more precise and react faster. Microsoft seems to impose on developers the burden of understanding how to implement support in their games. It will be interesting to see if more developers are adopting the capture method and how they plan to manage the potential division of the reader, which could cause. For Fortnite in particular, players using the keyboard and mouse will be compared to those who do the same.

First-person shooter games are, of course, the mouse and keyboard genre may be best suited, and some competitive title players such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Battlefield V, PUBG, Overwatch can accommodate the support. This also opens the console to accommodate a variety of other genres, such as real time strategy, much better,. Historically, titles like Civilization or Halo Wars have been modified to work with controllers. Support for the mouse and keyboard also opens the door to a set of touch titles to appear on the console.