Fans have been offered a glimpse of Keanu Reeves as the rugged Johnny Silverhand in the video game Cyberpunk 2077.

The Hollywood star, 56, used motion capture to bring his character, a military veteran turned rock and roll frontman and freedom fighter, to life.

New images show Silverhand, who has a mechanical arm, against the backdrop of the dystopian setting of Night City, which is controlled by sinister corporations.

A behind the scenes video shows Reeves striking poses and playing a guitar while wearing motion tracking equipment.

He says: “I did it in The Matrix films so to start doing motion capture for Johnny was all very familiar to me.

“The only difference I think technologically was how close they were going to real-time review.

“But creatively it was very familiar and sense of starting a library of gesture and the toolbox for the animators to work with for the character.”

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The choose-your-own-adventure from CD Projekt Red will allow gamers to affect the story through their own actions.

This is not Reeves’ first foray into video games.

His likeness appeared in a number of games based on The Matrix film series and in 2019 he appeared in Fortnite in character as John Wick to promote the third film in the series.

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In September, Reeves revealed he was filming the long-awaited fourth Matrix film in Berlin.

He will reprise the role of Neo while Carrie-Anne Moss will return as Trinity for the first new instalment since 2003’s The Matrix Revolutions.