UT3 on PS3 confirmed to have keyboard and mouse support
by Jem Alexander 
{ Aug 3rd 2007 at 7:35PM }
Our mate (and Vice President of Epic) Mark Rein has today posted on the official Unreal Tournament 3 forums to confirm that yes, keyboard and mouse input will be available in the PS3 version of the game. The confirmation came, we suspect, after a number of PS3Forums members noticed that Rein stated that he didn't see a huge demand for the feature during an interview with Joystiq. Taking matters into their own hands, they started campaigning to show that there was indeed demand for it by emailing Rein en masse telling him so.
Rein states that the feature will be implemented in a balanced way "without feeling "gimped" for either side." In the Joystiq interview he seemed worried that incorporating different controller methods would give an unfair advantage. If this problem has been solved, does that mean we could be seeing PS3 to PC cross play, after all? There are more details to come later.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MYPS3KilledMy360 @ Aug 3rd 2007 7:42PM
Mouse and keyboard FTW. please dont delay this game.
beatromantic @ Aug 3rd 2007 7:47PM
Finally some good, no great, news. This week has been the poops.
MasterWerk @ Aug 3rd 2007 8:11PM
Eff Yes! this could be a serious turn for console shooters if more companies take this approach. totally levels the playing field with the pc. way to go Epic!
John @ Aug 3rd 2007 8:27PM
Thank God people wrote to get this implemented. I thought it would have been an obvious choice (I'll still play using sixaxis, that's how I've always played FPS'). Does the 360 not have keyboard and mouse support? I thought it did.
wonway01 @ Aug 3rd 2007 8:39PM
Pure sweetness.
bleakcabal @ Aug 3rd 2007 8:40PM
WOW. This morning I read the joystiq interview saying he wasn't sure. I then emailed him. I then posted comments on Joystiq and this site asking people to email him.
I then posted on the official PS3 forums asking people to email him. I bugged some of my friends into emailing him.
I feel like maybe I had a part in this :)
Dahk @ Aug 4th 2007 12:59AM
lol @ bleakcabal.
YES because of you UT3 will absolutely RAWK =).
AHHH so looking forward to it. Mind you I wasn't very impressed by their E3 trailer. But Bluetooth mouse and keyboard is OWNAGE.
Heine Andersen @ Aug 4th 2007 2:11AM
Plz don't enable crossplay, we do not need a bunch cheating pc
gamers to spoil the fun !
Diode @ Aug 4th 2007 5:04AM
You mean PC gamers might actually have some kind of competition from console gamers? Excellent.
steve Johnson @ Aug 4th 2007 9:19AM
This one feature alone has sold me on buying UT3 for the PS3! Why every PS3 game doesn't have this option is foreign to me. I mean, what better way for Sony to take marketshare away from PC gaming then to have every PS3 game to be able to play with a mouse & keyboard?
Alex @ Aug 4th 2007 1:30PM
The idea of making it an unfair advantage is completely wrong, any one who has ever played a PC FPS knows the right hardware makes a huge difference. If some one was playing with a horrible mouse you would be able to tell. So the controller vs mouse and keyboard setup will come down to how into the game you really are, don't punish those who know what there doing, lets the noobs have their fun with the bots and leave the real gaming to the pros.
Ty @ Aug 5th 2007 11:04PM
I'm getting UT3 For both... But now i'm not sure which one i'd play more... =(
delp @ Aug 4th 2007 11:26PM
Why not, um, just play on PC?.... am i missing something here?
Chimuel @ Aug 5th 2007 6:05AM
@ delp.
Sure you can play on a PC, but some people don't have the hardware or the money to build a PC that would be capable of running it. So a cheaper solution is to play it on a console, since it is guaranteed to work on it.
Anyway, keyboard and mouse FTW!!!
Radicoon @ Aug 5th 2007 8:44PM
Yeah, this actually makes me sad. Keyboard and mouse are superior, but I don't want to lug that onto the couch and play my PS3 with a pair. Seriously, console gaming is chill and fun, and knowing that I'll be up against people that are fucked-out crazy into it with a keyboard and mouse makes me not even want to pick it up.
jp @ Aug 15th 2007 8:38AM
I don't understand why people don't want this feature.. even if they'd rather play with a controller - give people a choice.
I play games on a 360 and PC but only bother with FPS's on the PC, as they're virtually unplayable with a controller (if you've tried both keyboard/mouse and controller you'll agree). Multiplayer FPS's where fast, precise controls are required are currently much better on PC as they're faster (because of better controls), but this could change if consoles allow mouse/keyboard support.
Hopefully if the PS3 adopts keyboard/mouse then the XBOX will probably follow, as more PC gamers will go across to consoles - I'd rather play games in front of my 40" LCD TV instead of my PC monitor, even with a wireless keyboard and mouse.