Una razza aliena scambia le immagini dei vecchi videogame per una dichiarazione di guerra e attacca la terra usando i giochi stessi come modelli per i loro assalti. Il Presidente degli Stati Uniti chiama allora il suo amico d’infanzia Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), un campione di videogame negli anni ’80, per difendere la terra. Il destino del nostro pianeta è nelle mani di un improbabile team di nostalgici giocatori.
Guy, un impiegato di banca, scopre di essere un personaggio all'interno di un videogame. Dopo aver realizzato che non è una persona reale, l'uomo intraprende una crociata contro i creatori del gioco, intenzionati a chiudere baracca.
Dan Morgan è tante cose: un marito devoto, un padre premuroso, uno stimato venditore di auto. Ma è anche un ex assassino. E quando il suo passato torna a galla, è costretto a far fare alla sua famiglia, all'oscuro di tutto, un viaggio decisamente insolito.
Kwon Yoo nella vita normale è un disoccupato, ma in quella virtuale - dove trascorre infinite ore giocando - è un leader. Quando verrà arrestato per omicidio saranno così i suoi amici conosciuti in rete a cercare di far luce sull'assassinio.
La vita segreta di un giovane giocatore di World of Warcraft è ricostruita in modo vivido quando i suoi amici online contattano la famiglia dopo la sua morte.
Quando Steve Wiebe, un insegnante di scienze 35 enne, perde il suo lavoro, la sua fiducia in sé crolla. Chiuso in casa, inizia a giocare on-line a un videogioco, 'Donkey Kong' e se ne appassiona. Il record appartiene a un ragazzo: Billy Mitchell che è osannato come il giocatore del secolo. Giorno dopo giorno, Steve si mette in testa di battere quel record. Così inizia a trascorrere le giornate attaccato al pc. La sera, quando la moglie e le figlie vanno a dormire, Steve continua a giocare. Un giorno, finalmente, riesce a battere il punteggio di Billy. Il suo nuovo record sembra imbattibile: 1.000.000 di punti. Nella sua cittadina, Seattle, Steve si trasforma ben presto in una celebrità. Intanto a Hollywood, in Florida, Billy si sta preparando a riprendersi il suo record. Ma ormai Steve è un altro uomo: ha ritrovato la fiducia e il rispetto di se stesso e può dedicarsi alla sfida del secolo. Il vincitore, infatti, vedrà il suo nome sul Guinness dei primati del 2007.
Hedvig è una ragazza arguta ma sbadata, figlia del supereroe Super Lion, ed è destinata a succedergli. Tuttavia il suo scarso talento fisico la mette in seria difficoltà, e suo padre, scettico, decide di lasciare tal compito al cugino Adrian. Determinata a dimostrare il suo valore, Hedvig chiede una mano a sua nonna per affrontare l'addestramento e diventare una perfetta supereroina.
Jan è un giocatore di videogame professionista, la cui vita viene sconvolta quando un perfido rivale viola la sua identità poco prima di un torneo importante. Su Internet è un guerriero coraggioso, ma per conquistare il mondo reale dovrà uscire dal guscio.
Kenichi Yamada, a single, 35-year-old businessman, has spent the majority of his adult life playing every MMORPG to hit the market. Tired of the constant cycle of repetitive, newbie-centric gameplay, he is immediately drawn in by the promise of a new game that, on top of being never-ending, offers up a "Hell Mode"—a difficulty level that makes it nigh impossible to level up but also promises uncapped growth potential. Upon selecting the newly released Summoner class, Kenichi finds himself reborn as Allen, an infant in a serf family, with nothing but his wits and old memories to guide him.
Rakuro Hizutome only cares about one thing: beating crappy VR games. He devotes his entire life to these buggy games and could clear them all in his sleep. One day, he decides to challenge himself and play a popular god-tier game called Shangri-La Frontier. But he quickly learns just how difficult it is. Will his expert skills be enough to uncover its hidden secrets?
Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks all of her dreams of finding a purpose, romance, and glamour in what seems like a game…but it also puts her and her family in real danger.
Tomozaki is one of the best gamers in Japan, and in his opinion, the game of real life is one of the worst. No clear-cut rules for success, horribly balanced, and nothing makes sense. But then he meets a gamer who’s just as good as him, and she offers to teach him a few exploits…
When it comes to the fantasy MMORPG Cross Reverie, none can match the power of the Demon King Diablo. Possessing the game’s rarest artifacts and an unrivaled player level, he overpowers all foolish enough to confront him. But despite his fearsome reputation, Diablo’s true identity is Takuma Sakamoto, a shut-in gamer devoid of any social skills. Defeating hopeless challengers day by day, Takuma cares about nothing else but his virtual life—that is, until a summoning spell suddenly transports him to another world where he has Diablo’s appearance! In this new world resembling his favorite game, Takuma is greeted by the two girls who summoned him. They perform an Enslavement Ritual in an attempt to subjugate him, but the spell backfires and causes them to become his slaves instead. With the situation now becoming more awkward than ever, Takuma decides to accompany the girls in finding a way to unbind their contract while learning to adapt to his new existence as the menacing Demon King.
In 2008, struggling team captain Xiao Feng fights to keep his fledgling e-sports squad alive despite ridicule and a dying dream. Eleven years later, wheelchair-bound gaming prodigy Lu Xiaobei vows to fulfill his late brother’s unfinished path to becoming a pro. A mysterious glitch links the two across time—sparking a friendship that alters fate and chase the championship that once felt impossible.
It's the near future: You're dead. Your kids are probably dead. Your grandkids (if they're alive) are playing video games. Why? Because professional gaming is the biggest sport on earth. Around the world, millions of players duke it out in fighters, RTS’s, First Person Shooters and more. To the victors go the spoils: glory, clan contracts and million dollar endorsements. The best young gamers are recruited by elite boarding schools to sharpen their skills. The best of the best go to VGHS: VIDEO GAME HIGH SCHOOL.
Game-world monsters are wreaking real-world havoc. Here comes tech support!
Deadly Games is an American comedy action sci fi show that appeared on UPN as part of its 1995 season. The basic plot of the show is about video game characters that come to life, re-enacting their deadly plans for wanton destruction and world domination in the real world. The series was produced by Viacom Productions.
The Bugster Virus, formed from video games, threatens humanity and seeks to turn Bugsters into complete beings. A hospital intern, Emu Hojo, and three other Kamen Riders (Brave, Snipe, and Lazer) must defeat the virus and save humanity.
A gamer interning at a game company grows close to his strict boss, who secretly loves his ASMR videos, sparking an unexpected romance.
Dofus: The Treasures of Kerubim, is an animated series set in the world of the Dofus MMORPG. Unlike its sister series, Wakfu, there is no great overarching adventure to be had, nor any powerful villain to thwart. In fact, the central premise of the series is that all of Kerubim's adventures are already over. Instead, most episodes are about the eponymous character regaling his adopted grandson with tales about his adventures when he was younger, usually based around a trophy of some sort that he gained from it.
This fictional series purports to chronicle the life and adventures of Jeremy, a Canadian and self-proclaimed "pro gamer".
Meg, Nicky and Usman's lives all revolve around their obsession for the massively popular fantasy game "Kingdom Scrolls" – a mystical, magical and most importantly virtual world of wizards and wyverns. But when gaming n00b Russell bumbles into their team, the group find themselves increasingly forced to deal with the real world.
Teenage streamer Cairo is caught off guard when he receives a video call from a new online rival called Gavreel. He is even more surprised when the handsome stranger asks him out. Can two gamers make romance work during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, or will it be game over for their love story?
Our main guy, Zhao Fang, gets thrown into a fantasy world—but there’s a catch. He’s stuck as a powerless, disgraced young master, with only a loyal maid by his side. Sounds rough, right? But Zhao Fang isn’t sweating it. Thanks to his deep gaming experience, he quickly cracks the system, exploits game-breaking glitches, and starts power-leveling like a pro. With every secret realm he conquers, Zhao Fang unlocks new abilities, takes on crazy system-assigned missions, and proves that he’s no ordinary player. He’s here to dominate the game world, one upgrade at a time.
Horror pros Shane & Ryan play through different spooky video games to try and best virtual ghouls.
Set in the year 2025, it tells the story of a group of youths who enter an e-sports school to study and become elites of their respective gaming teams.
Three Gamers. One Outbreak. No Continues. Follow three gamers as they find themselves in the midst of a real life zombie outbreak. Relying only on the knowledge and skills they have accrued over years of gaming, these guys will have to drop the controller and pick up anything that they can use as a weapon. If they can survive, these unlikely heroes may just be humanity's best hope of surviving the undead uprising. (And, with any luck, they may also be able to impress the hot girl from across the street while they're at it!) But first, they'll have to battle zombie Craigslist freaks, zombie milfs (Zilfs) and an entire onslaught of a freshly lifeless undead monsters.
