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Discussion War Thunder Supports Keyboard/Mouse + Headtracking

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So far, the free-to-play WWII action simulator made by Gaijin Entertainment is the only PS4 game I’ve heard about that supports the use of a mouse and keyboard. And flight sticks. But that support isn’t of the plug-and-play variety. Gaijin president Anton Yudintsev told me that letting players use non-Dual Shock 4 input devices takes some effort from developers to do.” Mouse and keyboard play was possible on PS3 but it required special devices or converters to happen.

The PS4 version of War Thunder does some other intriguing things, too. It’s cross-platform, which means that PS4 players will be playing on the same servers as PC gamers. And it uses the PlayStation Eye camera for head-tracking, letting you change the viewpoint in the game simply by turning you face in a different direction. I didn’t get to see either the head-tracking or the
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/11/surprisingly-one-ps4-game-supports-mouse-and-keyboard/

Hopefully more games will do the same!
 
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