Alexa Game Control Brings Voice Commands Feature To Games, Dead Island 2 Confirmed

As we can gather from Amazon’s effort for the video game industry, the firm is still establishing its Luna cloud streaming platform. However, the firm is also tackling other avenues relevant to that as well. For one, the company’s entertainment branch for Amazon Prime is working on a Fallout TV series. Additionally, Mass Effect is also said to be in the pipeline as well for that initiative.

Upon other ambitions, the team worked with its Alexa technology to bridge gaming and voice commands together. We saw this with the ‘Skyrim: Very Special Edition’ years ago. Even Ubisoft cashed in on this with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey back in 2018. Microsoft went even further enabling the product to work in hand with Xbox Game Pass just over a year ago.

In a new reveal this week, Amazon shares Alexa will be launching a new feature ‘Alexa Game Control’ which welcomes voice commands that can be used directly in-game when playing. In the past, we witnessed this attempted by Microsoft with the Xbox One Kinect, but this is the first that a widespread product implements the feature.

Use your voice to interact with NPCs, swap your weapons, and much more on your favorite PC and Xbox games. Play with any microphone or headset, no Alexa device required. And Alexa is still there to make sure you can stay in the game with smart home control, reminders, and even food ordering.

Using voice commands enables the most natural and human gaming experiences. Talk directly to NPCs with natural dialogue and issue commands to your virtual teammates with your voice. Alexa Game Control enhances the gameplay of each game to make the experience feel more natural.

“Use the power of your voice to get more deeply immersed into your favorite games. Fewer distractions and extraneous controller inputs means you can focus your attention where it belongs – on the game. Possibilities are endless when gameplay is easy and intuitive. Play through your games with fewer interruptions and unlock your full potential with simple, voice-activated shortcuts. No need to say ‘Alexa’ for in-game actions.

It goes on, “Go beyond the game by connecting with everything Alexa has to offer – no extra devices required. Control your smart lights to set the mood for your game, set a timer to pull yourself out of the game when essential, and even place a food order through Alexa without stopping your game. All the power of Alexa within your favorite games, starting with Dead Island 2.”

So far, it appears the feature will only be available to Xbox & PC owners. Atop of that, Dead Island 2 is the only release supporting the feature. However, future titles that do support Alexa Game Control will offer free support, Amazon confirms. Even more, the feature will not require an Amazon Prime subscription or even an Amazon Echo/Alexa for this feature believe it or not.

Are you excited for more games to support Alexa Game Control?

Source: Amazon