Hang Out with Geoff Keighley in Fortnite's Island for The Game Awards 1

The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley has been transformed into a full 3D character for this year’s Island of the Year in Fortnite.

As with previous years, developer Epic Games has created a full interactive experience for you to test out the nominees and engage with minigames.

But there’s more: Keighley is actually in the game, using MetaHuman technology.

“Epic Games announced in March that MetaHumans, which can be used to create high-fidelity digital humans, can now be used in Unreal Editor for Fortnite,” he explained. “I spent a full day at 3Lateral in Manchester, England to get scanned as a MetaHuman. You sit in a scanner and do tons of different face poses, then they scan your body too. The results speak for themselves, I truly feel like I have a digital double.”

For those who don’t know, in addition to its main modes, Fortnite also empowers budding game creators to make and publish experiences of their own. These, called Islands, can then be discovered using the game’s main menu.

Among the nominees this year include an MMORPG called Fort Knight Legends and a clicker-style experience called Lumberjack Heroes. We’ve actually played both of these and like them a lot.

Will you be voting for Island of the Year within Fortnite? You can access the interactive experience, with the virtual Geoff Keighley, from the main menu – or by using the Island Code 0853-1358-8532.

[source youtube.com, via store.epicgames.com]