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CES: Mouse and Keyboard Control Coming to Xbox 360

Ask any hardened PC gamer and they'll tell you there's no better way to control a first-person-shooter other than a mouse and keyboard combination. With the Eagle Eye 360 from Penguin United, Xbox 360 gamers can do just that.

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Bigpappy4857d ago

360 games aren't made with mouse and keyboard in mind.

Arup024857d ago

Console games aren't made with mouse and keyboard in mind

Fixed

AndrewRyan4857d ago

If this is true and people can actually use "gaming" mice and are good with it many controller scrubs will be complaining that they are getting killed instantly.

toaster4857d ago

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ;)

BISHOP-BRASIL4857d ago (Edited 4857d ago )

This is nothing new there have been K&M adaptors for consoles for a long time now.

They force K&M into games by fooling the console to understand entries as those coming from a common controller, this plague all adapters to generally the same problems of loose controls. Not only those things create input lag but the differences in the way mouses and analog sticks work, make them almost incompatible to conversion and really hard to tune right, coulpled with the fact games aren't designed for it, you'll be lucky if you don't end up with an awkward unresponsive mouse and gameplay worse than what it was with gamepad.

EDIT: @AndrewRyan

I was just playing Bioshock and, man, I definetelly hate your guts! :)

MAJ0R4857d ago (Edited 4857d ago )

well i do now their are mouse and keyboard for PS3 as well, but I don't think you can get the sensitivity like you can from a pc mouse

kingjoker344857d ago

hasnt there always been a adaptor for mouse and keyboard for consoles?

xTruthx4857d ago

Doesn't perform the same

xDaRkModEx4857d ago

This is the 3rd time i see a article about the same product. I do not know why people approve this even if it's not even a official controller.

NegativeCreepWA4857d ago

K&M don't belong on consoles, takes away the even playing field you get on consoles. I say if you want to use K&M stay on your damn PC. As for K&M being better it depends on what your used to I actually play better with a controller and if your playing on a console and everyone is using controllers it doesn't matter if K&M is better because everyone is using the same controller anyways.

gcolley4857d ago

its for cheaters who can't win any other way. mouse and keyboard wins everytime, so the increase in popularity of this rubbish will ruin xbox live. oh well, it was good well it lasted. i don't care how bad you are with a controller, it is no excuse to cheat, no matter what their delusional justifications are.

xTruthx4848d ago

You think using m&k is cheating lol, not everyone is good with mouse and keyboard.

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theonlylolking4857d ago

This is great news since the XIM3 is taking forever to release.

theafroman4857d ago

that is actually pretty cool awesome.

Ace Killa 084857d ago

Didn't it already have support for mouse n keyboard. Or was it just keyboard ?

ingiomar4857d ago

it was just keyboard for some games i think.

I remember playing Final fantasy and Phantasy Star Universe

those are MMO's, i don't remember it working on other games.

Fallouts4857d ago

next, the internet with windows 7.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies9h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken5h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing6920h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker20h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6920h ago(Edited 20h ago)

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt8h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken5h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos1d 2h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 1h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 1h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies15h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.

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Essential Video Games Everyone Needs To Play At Least Once

Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.

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Chard1d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now

Furesis1d 18h ago

I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.

anast1d 17h ago

It's worth a play through today.

gold_drake1d 10h ago

the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better