Great news for Quake III fans (and perhaps keyboard and mouse fans). Coming out out of QuakeCon, iD made the announcement that Quake III Arena is headed to XBOX Live Arcade. Quake III Arena is considered one of the greatest first person shooters of all time. It's very fun. It's very competitive. It will be a huge hit on XBOX Live - at least, I hope it is. For (an assumed) $10, this is going to be a heck of a game. However, I have a feeling that FPS fans are going to be busy with another game.

In other news, Epic announced that the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 will support keyboard and mice as NATIVE input devices. Excellent! However, Microsoft does not currently allow keyboard and mice to be used as NATIVE input devices. Shucks! Imagine if other XBOX games supported keyboards and mice. HALO 2 or 3. Command and Conquer. HALO Wars. Surely console RTS fans would welcome kb/m. FPS fans would as well. PC gamers would be more open to the platform.

Is SONY going to capture some of the PC gaming audience with this move? Will Microsoft simply not make a move and stand firm on their policy of "no keyboards and mice" on their consoles?

I for one want to see new XBOX 360 titles supporting keyboards and mice. Surely it wouldn't require much investment from the development house to get this up and running - especially considering the additional sales that such a setup would generate (not to mentioned the ridiculously over-priced keyboard and mice accessories that could be sold).

The PC versus controller debate just got a little more interesting.