Skyrim adds Kinect support for ‘more than 200’ voice commands

Bethesda Softworks announced this morning that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is getting Kinect support for “more than 200 voice commands” at some point this month via a title update. The developer promises that said voice commands will apply to a variety of verbs across the world of Skyrim, from Dragon Shouts (Fus Roh Dah!) to follower commands, and a mess of other voice-activated actions.

The Kinect functionality for Skyrim is the latest product of Bethesda’s internal Skyrim game jam, following on the heels of the 1.5 update which featured the kill cams from said game jam. There’s an adorable video showing off how it’ll all work that we’ve embedded just above.

Update: A Bethesda rep told Joystiq that the update is exclusive to the Xbox 360, despite Kinect existing on PC.Continue reading Skyrim adds Kinect support for ‘more than 200’ voice commandsSkyrim adds Kinect support for ‘more than 200’ voice commands originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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