Activision says 'hang tight' for Call of Duty: Mobile controller support

By James Bricknell
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What you need to know

  • Call of Duty: Mobile is one of the biggest mobile games around right now.
  • Activision posted a Community update on Reddit.
  • Activision has said it is working on controller support but needs to get the balance right.

Call of Duty: Mobile exploded on to the mobile gaming scene just a few weeks ago and hit 100 million downloads within the first seven days. It's easy to see why the game itself is a lot of fun, with fast-paced action that feels almost exactly like a console. The only downside is the lack of controller support.

Thankfully Activision has heard our cries. In a recent Reddit post Activision addressed the feedback it has been getting about CoD: Mobile and the first thing on the agenda was controller support.

We hear you loud and clear that you want to know about controller support. We are currently testing controller support and looking at the possibility of offering this feature sometime in the future, but we'd have to make sure it is appropriately implemented and balanced. Just hang tight.

Activision did initially offer controller support in the early testing phases, but it's clear they weren't happy with the balance. Making sure that controller players and touchscreen players don't mix is going to be an essential step to making controller support possible.

The upside of this is that Activision is actively listening and working on a solution for controller support. Fingers crossed we get it sooner rather than later.

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CoD: Mobile is an excellent addition to the Call of Duty family, and the Battle Royale is going to be extremely popular. We all need to hope that controller support is coming.

James Bricknell
James Bricknell
Since the days of the HTC Hero James has had two or three Android phones stuffed into pockets. James is always on hand to offer advice on phones, apps and most recently, PlayStation, especially VR, It's now something of an obsession. Find him @keridel wherever Media Socials itself.
7 Comments
  • ....until the Chinese government tells them to remove controller support....then Activision will bend over and take it.
  • I'm still trying to figure out what this all has to do with Android. I'm getting kind of fed up seeing all this stuff. I have nothing against it or the people who are into playing games, but they should really have their own site.
  • if you don't like reading these kind of articles just don't click on them go to the ones about Android do you want to read about. I swear some of you people on here act like your three year olds
  • To be fair, this is a mobile game. Not that your point is totally wrong in general.
  • Literally an article about an Android game. You couldn't even be bothered to read the article before whining. I read more than you did by reading your comment. Also, can't stop won't stop.
  • its true. even though this is on mobile when did everything playstation has to do with android? annoying to see playstation and psvr articles on here.
  • Controller support would be awesome. I would also like a way to look in besides Facebook, doesn't even offer Google play backup