Fortnite on Xbox One lets you play with the keyboard and mouse starting November 14th: Microsoft will activate the ability to connect your computer's input peeripherics to your console. Currently, only 5 games will be compatible with these new controls. Fortnite's support comes in a second time, bringing the list of compatible games to 14.
At its X018 conference, Microsoft formalized the upcoming arrival of a controversial feature for some players: keyboard and mouse support. It arrives on all Xbox Ones from November 14, 2018, but only in a selection of 14 games, of which only 5 will be available on November 14 – Fortnite will also be compatible mouse keyboard, but in a second time at an unreata date. In practical terms, it will be possible to plug in any keyboard/mouse combo on the market, even if for the occasion, Microsoft is partnering with Razer to launch a special mouse keyboard. The only real big limitation will be that it will not be possible to assign more than 5 buttons on the mouse.
Xbox One mouse keyboard: the list of compatible games
For their part, developers will be able to balance the differences between controller players and keyboard/mouse players in several ways. For example, by displaying aiming assists for controller players or a mode that restricts clashes to players with the same input devices. But these limitations are not mandatory and developers will be able to make the choices they deem necessary. Moreover, Fortnite players on Xbox One and PC can already freely compete without such constraints. And most keyboards and mice on the market are compatible with the PS4 (some do not hesitate to use adapters to play certain games where the controller is mandatory …).
Here is the full list of games that will be compatible with the keyboard and mouse from November 14:
- Bomber Crew
- Deep Rock Galactic
- Strange Brigade
- Vermintide 2
- War Thunder
- X-Morph Defense
And the list of other games available on an unrebroad date:
- Children of Morta
- DayZ
- Minion Master
- Moonlighter
- Vigor
- Warface
- Wargroove
- Fortnite
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