Thu, Apr 12, 2012 | 23:28 BST

Bethesda to add Kinect support to Skyrim this month

Bethesda is to add Kinect support for the Xbox 360 version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, with the update featuring more than 200 voice commands and other pieces of funtionality.

Kinect support will be introduced to Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for Xbox 360, Bethesda has announced. Support will be added in later this month as part of a free update to the RPG.

More than 200 voice commands will be added to the RPG, including the ability to equip hotkeys, follower commands, menu commands and dragon shouts – yes, you can now shout “fus ro dah” to your heart’s content.

A full list of shouts will emerge “in the coming weeks”.

Other options will include map functions and the ability to to sort items by name, weight and value.

There’s a video of Bethesda showing Skyrim and Kinect together in action below.

15 comments

#1

Giskard
12/04/12, 3:02 pm

In other news:

The Mayans were right.

#2

WFMMK
12/04/12, 3:02 pm

Lame, where’s the DLC?

#3

NeoSquall
12/04/12, 3:05 pm

FUS RO WHAT?

#4

Erthazus
12/04/12, 3:06 pm

They need to implement this to Call of Duty too.

Kinect, throw grenade.

#5

Edo
12/04/12, 3:10 pm

Lame,where’s the official statement for Prey 2 status?

#6

cloud_ix
12/04/12, 3:10 pm

quick load sounds awesome for abuse.

Player – gets into almost certain death situation
Dickhead friend – “QUICK SAVE”

Player – finally beats boss
Dickhead friend – “QUICK LOAD”

#7

Joe Musashi
12/04/12, 3:11 pm

“KINECT: Spawn mammoth in sky”
“KINECT: Roll cheese down hill”

JM

#8

Ge0force
12/04/12, 3:12 pm

And there we go again with the useless voice commands. As long as NPC’s aren’t capable of realistic conversations, it won’t add anything to the game. Bit I guess MS won’t ever stop shoving Kinect up our ass until we all use it.

#9

WFMMK
12/04/12, 3:13 pm

@5 I hope they went quiet because of the backlash of the rumor and are still making it.

#10

Gekidami
12/04/12, 3:15 pm

Oh hey, voice commands like the type we got in SOCOM on PS2 being pawned off as a stunning new feature only Kinect can do.

#12

LOLshock94
12/04/12, 3:18 pm

@6 you still have to press yes so dickhead friend wont be able to quick load

#13

Night Hunter
12/04/12, 3:30 pm

Actually I thought that the sidebar where you choose your weapons/spells in the console versions was rather annoying, now that could be a thing of the past …

#14

Joe Musashi
12/04/12, 3:33 pm

@11 truestory.jpg

JM

#15

Keivz
13/04/12, 1:07 am

Actually doesn’t seem so bad.

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