Posted on Monday 6-Jun-2011 5:53 PM

E3 2011: Mass Effect 3 Kinect support confirmed

BioWare reveals voice recognition support

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By Tom Ivan for computerandvideogames.com

BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka has confirmed that Mass Effect 3 will support Kinect.

It'll let players use voice control to converse with characters in-game, he said at Microsoft's E3 press conference just now.

Mass Effect 3 Screenshot
You'll be able to read out dialogue from the game's conversation wheel instead of clicking on individual responses with the controller, "fluidly launch tactical assaults" against enemies by issuing voice commands to your squad mates, and also select weapons and abilities just by speaking.

Muzyka said BioWare will show more Mass Effect 3 Kinect functionality this week during E3. EA's conference is scheduled to take place later this evening.

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    corkscru74 on 6 Jun '11 said:

    More integration like this could make Kinect a much more tempting add-on. I like! :)

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    Black Mantis on 6 Jun '11 said:

    This is the stuff I hoped for when Kinect was unveiled, so I hope this works well. :D

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    Daminic19 on 6 Jun '11 said:

    More integration like this could make Kinect a much more tempting add-on. I like! :)


    Totally agree, it looks really cool.

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    Desert Fox on 6 Jun '11 said:

    Erm, isn't that the kind of thing we can use a microphone to do, instead of a £100+ piece of hardware?

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    Fr33Kye on 6 Jun '11 said:

    Erm, isn't that the kind of thing we can use a microphone to do, instead of a £100+ piece of hardware?


    Yea....will they have voice control for the pseye? Anything that just utilizes voice control for kinect is nice, but doesn't make the price worth it.

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    El Mag on 6 Jun '11 said:

    Groovy little addition for those with a Kinect. Reminded me of the old Rainbow Six game i had on the original xbox, which is a good thing.

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    Mmmmgrolsch on 6 Jun '11 said:

    Nice, I doubt reading the dialogue would be any fun, but selecting guns and issuing commands would make the battles more fluid :) I don't have kinect but its only £50 now in cex so I might have to pick 1 up at that price if more games utilise it for actual useful stuff like this and not for gimmiks.