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Bethesda reveals Skyrim dragon mounts, house-building, Kinect shouts, and more!

Posted by Patrick McMullen on February 9, 2012
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Reblogged from VentureBeat:

Update: Swapped in a better version of the video.

Todd Howard, game director at Bethesda Game Studios, gave the opening keynote at the 2012 DICE Summit this evening. Among his slides, he included a number of videos, one of which showed off what the developers refer to internally as the "Skyrim Game Jam."

After the development of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim wrapped last year, the team was given a single week to throw whatever they wanted inside and mess around.

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEKi2TPanGY] Dragon Mounts and Kinect Shouts! Here is one for Skyrim nerds

Soon, the Kinect will work with REAL video games

Posted by Patrick McMullen on January 18, 2012
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This is what game devs should be doing with the Kinect: Mass Effect is a great game with a decent following. I played the original Mass Effect and thought it was a wonderful hybrid between FPS and RPG game styles. I haven’t tried Mass Effect 2 yet, but everyone I know who’s played it has loved it.

Apparently, the game’s voice controls work well, as you can see from the video. What I want to know is how well movement controls will work with the kinect. I guess we will know by Feb. 14th, when the demo drops.

-Patrick