Keyboard and mouse support for UT3 PS3

by Ross Miller on Aug 3rd 2007 8:25PM

Epic Games Vice President Mark Rein has confirmed on the official forums that Unreal Tournament 3 for the PlayStation 3 will support keyboard and mouse.

"[Designer Steve Polge] is confident we are doing it in a way that will be balanced without feeling "gimped" for either side," he said. Rein also added that there will be options to "allow people to choose whether or not they want to allow mixed controller vs. keyboard/mouse games or not." In our recent interview with Rein, he was still unsure if this feature would be implemented.

Will the battle for the best first-person shooter controls -- gamepad or keyboard and mouse -- now be fought locally? Is this further evidence that Epic will implement the PS3 and PC cross-platform multiplayer? Our fingers are crossed.

Unreal Tournament III (PS3)

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Reader Comments (53)

Rein also added that there will be options to "allow people to choose whether or not they want to allow mixed controller vs. keyboard/mouse games or not." In our recent interview with Rein,

...he was still unsure if this feature would be implemented....

So, it may not even be in the game in the end.

Regardless, UT is the king twitch shooter. You cannot expect controller users to compete whatsoever. Having better vehicle controls is BS too. Play UT2004 and see how many times people snipe your ass in a Manta. It's hilarious :D

I'm happy to see KB/M support, as I can just buy a PS3 to play this, and worry about upgrading my PC later.

I'm gonna get my ps3 in 1 - 2 days and I am extremely cool with the KBM support. I can't imagine playing UT with a motion sensing wireless controller. I won't buy it for my PC because my PC can barely handle UT2004, max res. UT3 is gonna have a lot more details and a lot better resolution, I can put res on UT3 as it is now on UT2004, but for UT3 that's not enough because you know you can have a lot more....

When you want to join a server, there should be written how much controller players there is and how much KBM players there is, so you can always decide what to do.