Xbox is making it easier to play keyboard-focused games on a controller
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6FX23)
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Xbox's latest update adds a way to map controller buttons to keyboard keys. If you have the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 and the Xbox Adaptive Controller, you can now assign specific keyboard keys to buttons on your controller. This should make it easier to play games that have limited controller support or just have a lot of different controls.
Microsoft first released this feature to Xbox Insiders in August, and now it's rolling out to the Xbox Accessories app on both PC and console this week. With this feature, you can now map any button on your controller, such as your left bumper, to the keyboard key of your choice.
Image: XboxWhile you can also map as many modifier keys, like Ctrl, Shift, Alt, and...