In the not so far future, a special type of computer is invented. However, this computer isn't like others. It doesn't require a monitor, no mouse, no tower to operate. The only thing this computer needs, is your brain. This computer is a microchip called the Atomiton, a device that acts as a personal computer inside your head, allowing you to work on projects, search the internet, monitor your heart rate, and even play video games. These games belong to the genre of games dubbed VR (Virtual Reality).
In the year 2060, a college emerges in the north eastern region of Iceland. This is the Global Educational Online Virtual Reality University (GEOVRU for short). It is easily the most expensive college in the world, costing $73, 456 for rooming and services, not counting to plane ticket over.
Nine years later, a high school senior, dubbed Caedes by the online world, has recently claimed victory in a VRMMORPG championship called Forman Online. Sadly, the boy spent so much time in the game, that his school grades dropped to a C average, and he wasn't accepted into any college. But when he receives a message directly from the headmaster of GEOVRU, his entire life is changed
In the year 2027, eccentric trillionaire and game developer Alt Kenway releases the ARES. Augmentation Reality Immersion System. A fully immersive VR headset that scans your brainwaves, and puts you into a coma like state, and transports your mind into ARCADEIA.
A video game universe filled with thousands of worlds from FPS planets, to vacation worlds. Entire planets dedicated to your favorite Animes and games. Entire planets littered with real life theaters from around the globe, showing every movie known to man.
In 2040 the world became depended on the ARES and ARCADEIA. Gas is gone, overpopulation heating the world so much it can't sustain plant life. Corps rule every major city, government no longer has power. Life is not good, and most of the world just like a young 15 year old from the Outskirts of Los Angeles, Ash Oaks. He turns to the ARES to escape his grim reality.
When a contest from Alt Kenway is announced, and the winner becomes his sole heir. Gaining trillions of dollars and owning the number one rescores in the world, the ARES. Little did people know, what terible things would happen once the contest started.