Microsoft reveals Xbox X018 event, keyboard/mouse support and Razer Partnership
Microsoft reveals Xbox X018 event, keyboard/mouse support and Razer Partnership
It has been a while since Microsoft held an X0 event, with X06 acting as a reveal event for Halo Wars, Bajo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Bioshock and the Xbox 360’s failed HD DVD drive add-on. At this time it is unknown what Microsoft plans to showcase at X018, but we know that the event will be held on November 10th, 2018 at the Xbox FanFest in Mexico City. X018 will be live streamed on Mixer, Microsoft’s video streaming service.Â
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Xbox One’s support for mouse and keyboard will arrive via a partnership with Razer, opening up support at a platform level for developers to exploit. Game support will come on a game-by-game basis, with Warframe acting as one of the first titles to implement the feature. It is up to developers whether or not their games will support keyboard/mouse, or if they will split multiplayer matchmaking between gamepad and KB/M players.Â
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  Today we’re announcing a new way to play games on Xbox: we’re enabling mouse and keyboard support on Xbox One for select Xbox Insiders in the coming weeks.
With this new input support at the platform level, developers can now build mouse and keyboard support in their games if and how they choose. It’s important to note that mouse and keyboard support for games is added on a title-by-title basis, entirely at developers’ discretion. For all other titles, nothing changes. Mouse and keyboard input is not enabled by default for games. Each development team knows their titles best and we support them in creating the right experience for their games as they see fit, to ensure an optimal and fair gaming experience. Warframe will be one of the first titles testing mouse and keyboard input when the feature arrives to Insider in the coming weeks.
While most wired or wireless USB keyboards and mice will work on Xbox One, we know access to best-in-class hardware is a must. That’s why we’re partnering with a premiere peripheral manufacturer in the gaming hardware space – Razer – to bring you the best possible mouse and keyboard experience for this new functionality. We’ll have more to share soon on this partnership, but for now check out Razer’s website and our Xbox Twitter and Facebook pages for a sneak peek.
We’ve been working closely with studios of all sizes to ensure mouse and keyboard experiences on console are fun, fair and correctly balanced, and look forward to introducing more games with support for mouse and keyboard input in the future. Tune into the November 10 edition of Inside Xbox for more details about additional titles supporting mouse and keyboard, and to learn more about our partnership with Razer.
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Most keyboards and mice will function on Microsoft’s Xbox platform, including wireless models, though it is likely that Razer’s products will ship with additional features like support for addressable RGB illumination. Keyboard/mouse support will not become a requirement for future Xbox games.Â
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