Bethesda has announced Kinect support for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, to be released as free Skyrim DLC. It'll add more than 200 voice commands to the game, including commands for Dragon shouts, hotkeys, followers and inventory selections.
"Adding a new dimension to Skyrim's gameplay, the Kinect for Xbox 360 integration offers Voice Commands throughout the game including Dragon Shouts, Hotkey Equipping, Follower Commands, and all Menus (Items, Magic, Map, Barter, Container, Favorites, and Skills)," reads a press release.
They've sent out a trailer to exhibit all this. Watch and weep.
The release continues: "Skyrim Kinect for Xbox 360 Support is the latest in free feature updates that Bethesda Game Studios has added to enhance Skyrim, and more are coming. In addition, Bethesda Game Studios has been hard at work on creating the first set of game add-ons that will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
"This additional content will add new quests, locations, features, and much more to the world of Skyrim. Stay tuned, we hope to officially announce what it is soon."
A budding hacker coded the PC version of Skyrim to accept Kinect commands last year. No word on whether he's involved with this. Happy now, Cliff Bleszinski?
25 comments so far...
GHOSTY05 on 12 Apr '12 said:
Very impressive, cant wait for this!
Although i need a list of what to say as there are so many, and pronouncing those spells is going to be difficult lol
So when is it out?
OXM ETboy on 12 Apr '12 said:
No release date as yet, I'm afraid.
FUS
Plamsa wing on 12 Apr '12 said:
As I said in another aticle, right now this is the way forward with Kinect. Quite nice that's it's free too.
Clanger67 on 12 Apr '12 said:
Good old Bethesda,never let their fans down with the dlc.While i am not bothered about the Kinect one,the future one with added quests and such sounds tasty,HURRY UP !!!!!!.
glavias on 12 Apr '12 said:
According to Eurogamer it's this month, also I read Peter Hines said there was going to be some DLC this month.. perhaps this is it. (although I could be wrong). I have got Kinect so will give it a whirl.
OXM ETboy on 12 Apr '12 said:
AHEM.
Fus
Bezza89 on 12 Apr '12 said:
That is brilliant, I want a kinect; Fus Ro DAH! £80 well spent I would say, damn my non-rich status.
golliwoza on 12 Apr '12 said:
Same here. Sounds really enjoyable
Your mortal powers do not work on us.
OXM ETboy on 12 Apr '12 said:
This is like when people leave a high five hanging.
Clanger67 on 12 Apr '12 said:
msbhvn on 12 Apr '12 said:
I was just saying last night on the Xbox controller blog post that more games should have Kinect modes that enhance the game rather than just building simplistic stuff around Kinect. Being able to FUS RO DAH! at the TV, which if I'm honest I tend to do anyway, and have my new Breton Dovahkiin do it too is very tempting. This, ME3 and Dance Central might just be enough for me to take the plunge next time I'm flush.
STE MO on 12 Apr '12 said:
Oh and Ed we left you hanging cos of the "get rid of the controller" stickler you wrote
you bad boy
diamondgeezer82 on 12 Apr '12 said:
sounds great.although im probably gonna have to have a sheet of A4 paper next to me with all of the shouts spelt phonetically .which will mean i will have to pause the game to look them up until i can memorise them all...
terry cheyne on 12 Apr '12 said:
i'll probly get an asbo for shouting Fus Ro DAH
Zinzan44 on 12 Apr '12 said:
Another pointless addition that requires a worthless device that only adds to the generic mono rail games (Fable the journey comes to mind)
Keep giving Micro$oft money.
Bezza89 on 12 Apr '12 said:
Molyneux would slap you sir.
STE MO on 12 Apr '12 said:
But what if he said he was going to slap him, would it come to fruition?
Bezza89 on 12 Apr '12 said:
Yeah but instead of a velvet glove slap it would be one made out of disappointment.
GHOSTY05 on 13 Apr '12 said:
Lol, how dare you mock the legend of false promise and destroyer of dreams.
Personally I think this is one of the best uses of kinect to date, to take an a* killer app game and add genuinely purposefull and useable kinect features is brilliant!
I want kinect features on battlefield, I just want one voice command and that's reload!
Grummy on 13 Apr '12 said:
And yet Skyrim is in no way a monorail game, and this is adding a whole new dimension to the experience, go figure.
This is frigging annoying, I had the option of getting a kinect last month, and opted not to as my living room is small and I wouldn't really have had space for it, but now with this, I wish I had one, and I don't have the money for it now. BAH!
Still waiting for my goblins to be added in a dlc, that's the free one I most want atm. Skyrim has a bit of a dearth of variety of enemies, me likey more creatures.
Grummy on 13 Apr '12 said:
RO
Bobsnextdoor on 13 Apr '12 said:
DAH!
Grummy on 13 Apr '12 said:
Dammit, I was hoping someone was gonna say 'Egon'.
Bman0491 on 14 Apr '12 said:
This is an awesome idea! Although i hope this isn't what they've been working on the whole time as iv'e rinsed skyrim now and im desperate for DLC!
GHOSTY05 on 23 Apr '12 said:
So where is the bloody DLC then?