Yeah it's that simple. Neither one of my Gamepads (a Xbox360 usb and a noname-old-cheap usb gamepad) is working with the game. The "middle ring light thingy" on the Xbox controller doesn't light either. I'm running Windows XP.

Did you go to options and enable the gamepad? It doesn't work by default.

I did

I'm having the exact same problem.

I found the answer,. You've to have it plugged in before you start the game.

I did

I think he means that the game isn't fully supported by controllers. There are a couple of spots where you have to use the mouse, namely in the class-selection menu and the death menu. I would like for this to be patched in the future so that the game is fully controller-supported.