December 2019 and inside an imposing steel and concrete complex nestled in a quite suburb of Sapporo Japan, the WhiteStar Corporation prepares the release of a revolutionary new version of a virtual reality game. Around the world over one billion obsessive users wait anxiously. Concerned by the increasingly bizarre behaviour of its charismatic CEO, the WhiteStar board insists on an inspection of the Sapporo compound by a small group of specialists from the US, led by Professor Ben Skinner. As Skinner and the team arrive in blizzard-bound Sapporo, a small group of online freedom fighters in Seattle finalize preparations for a massive coordinated attack on the new game.Over the next two days, events spin out of control. Random and savage acts of violence erupt around the world. The Sapporo Outbreak...