Xbox has lately been a champion for making gaming accessible for everybody, and yesterday it revealed a brand new wave of accessibility updates and options, together with one that can permit the Xbox Adaptive Controller and Elite Sequence 2 to assist keyboard remapping to make PC gaming extra inclusive.
In a brand new weblog submit, Microsoft revealed that each controllers will likely be able to remapping the buttons to almost 90 keyboard keys, as you may see within the picture beneath, permitting gamers with restricted mobility entry much more PC video games.
Whereas some Xbox console video games, equivalent to Halo Infinite, assist a mouse and keyboard, this new function is good for PC gaming, significantly video games that lack controller assist and require a mouse and keyboard. Whereas it is not uncommon for newer video games launched on PC to have twin assist for controller and mouse/keyboard, older video games or video games the place controller inputs are worse or finicky to arrange will now be extra accessible. One instance is the Steam model of Lifeless Rising 2, which helps mouse and keyboard along with the controller, however the latter solely helps fashionable controllers with a number of workaround or mods to get working correctly.
Xbox notes that the remapping function will likely be out there by way of the Xbox Equipment app on each PC and console. The function is at present out there to members of the Xbox Accessibility Insiders League and Xbox Insiders, with public entry out there “within the coming months”.
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