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You can vote for The Game Awards in Fortnite and meet an uncanny Geoff Keighley

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Fortnite is once again holding a special in-game edition of The Game Awards, and players can vote for their favorite creator-developed islands.

The limited-time world, called The Game Awards Vote in Fortnite, lets players easily explore the nominated islands, which include an MMO, multiple escape room, and a roguelike. They can vote by going to the world and voting before 9 p.m. ET December 11, the day before the awards air. You can get there with island code 0853-1358-8532.

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Since this is Fortnite, it also lets players battle in an arena to earn currency. Then there’s the Unreal Engine-generated Game Awards host Geoff Keighley.

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Keighley was very excited in an official Epic Games blog post about getting re-created in Fortnite, which was done through MetaHuman in Unreal. The framework purports to make it easy for developers to create realistic-looking human characters in less than an hour. It also has a cloud-based app that lets you create a character quickly, multiple presets, and an app you can use to animate your person. Keighley’s uncanny likeness was brought into Unreal using greenscreen video capture. You can see how it turned out in the video below, but we think we’ll stick with the real version for now.

The Game Awards Vote in Fortnite Island 2024

This is a special The Game Awards category that was introduced last year. The winner is announced during the broadcast, alongside new game reveals and trailers … and some other awards too. You can check out the full list of nominees below:

  • [ARPG] Fort Knight Legend, by love-is-real: Island code 1346-0343-9599
  • Avenged Sevenfold Presents: The Museum, by Avenged Sevenfold and Ryan Mckinnon: Island code 5592-6865-3961
  • Havoc Hotel 2, by Teracreators: Island code:7996-5597-0868
  • Lumberjack Heroes, by ItsJacky: Island code 7154-1898-4800
  • Murder Mystery, by GoodGamers: Island code 5253-8468-3364
  • Pack Attack: Hordefight, by KeexInteractive: Island code 5368-6336-4952
  • Phantom Investigation [REIMAGINED], by Rynex: Island code 9919-3137-0527
  • Prison Breakout, by Breakout Games: Island code 6531-4403-0726
  • Raiders Riot, by SparkGames: Island code 5030-1268-0472
  • The Pit of Legends, by JOGO: Island code 5629-1247-4118

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