A new report claims that Amazon Games canceled a project in the works under the name Project Trident, which was a third-person comedic action game taking place in a nordic setting.
The game, according to Eurogamer, would have involved a fictional parody company known as Valhalla Ventures, with the company hiring the player who would then go off on an adventure.
The report said one of the game’s twists was that it would use generative AI to support communication between the player and NPCs. The generative AI communication was said to be a „key tool for combat and puzzle-solving.“ As an example, the report said the Norse god Thor was planned to be in the game, and that players could say the name of a special attack out loud (or type it into a text box) and have Thor perform the action. The report said Project Trident would have also allowed players to recruit other characters to join them, again using words spoken out loud. The popular RPG Skyrim allowed players to do this on Xbox with Kinect back on Xbox 360 more than a decade ago.