<s>
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Theta	O
Division	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Blood	O
Music	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
on	O
the	O
online	O
platforms	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
GOG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2021	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
is	O
set	O
at	O
an	O
indeterminate	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
in	O
a	O
cyberpunk	O
dystopia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advanced	O
technologies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
cybernetic	B-Application
enhancements	I-Application
,	O
hovercars	O
,	O
and	O
sex	O
robots	O
are	O
commonplace	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
society	O
has	O
also	O
become	O
hyper-commercialized	O
,	O
and	O
consumer	O
demand	O
for	O
these	O
resource-intensive	O
technological	O
innovations	O
has	O
brought	O
planet	O
Earth	O
to	O
the	O
brink	O
of	O
ecological	O
collapse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
dominant	O
form	O
of	O
entertainment	O
is	O
"	O
augmented	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
"	O
(	O
AVR	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
hybrid	O
of	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
and	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
perceive	O
holographic	B-Algorithm
projections	I-Algorithm
that	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
purposes	O
,	O
including	O
omnipresent	O
advertisements	O
and	O
graffiti	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
recent	O
advancement	O
in	O
AVR	O
is	O
"	O
permanent	O
reality	O
,	O
"	O
a	O
brain	O
implant	O
that	O
allows	O
people	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
a	O
worldwide	O
,	O
persistent	O
AVR	O
environment	O
–	O
the	O
titular	O
"	O
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
"	O
–	O
that	O
is	O
administered	O
by	O
Xenon	O
,	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
housed	O
aboard	O
the	O
International	O
Space	O
Station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
toggle	O
Nathan	O
's	O
AVR	O
headset	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
them	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
augmented	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
,	O
revealing	O
different	O
hotspots	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
that	O
Jay	O
received	O
from	O
a	O
contact	O
at	O
the	O
nightclub	O
contains	O
a	O
message	O
from	O
the	O
Technomancers	O
,	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
collective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
message	O
warns	O
that	O
the	O
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
is	O
nothing	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
distraction	O
and	O
will	O
eventually	O
rob	O
people	O
of	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
perceive	O
reality	O
outside	O
of	O
AVR	O
,	O
threatening	O
the	O
survival	O
of	O
humanity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Technomancers	O
offer	O
their	O
assistance	O
to	O
prevent	O
this	O
from	O
happening	O
,	O
but	O
registration	O
for	O
the	O
BBS	B-Application
they	O
use	O
to	O
communicate	O
is	O
closed	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
Blade	O
unable	O
to	O
access	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blade	O
devise	O
a	O
multi-part	O
plan	O
to	O
disable	O
the	O
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
:	O
contact	O
the	O
Technomancers	O
in-person	O
in	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
Satnajoskull	O
and	O
request	O
their	O
help	O
;	O
obtain	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
permanent	O
reality	O
chip	O
's	O
firmware	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
vulnerability	O
in	O
the	O
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
and	O
create	O
a	O
malware	O
program	O
to	O
exploit	O
it	O
;	O
use	O
that	O
exploit	O
to	O
seize	O
control	O
of	O
every	O
permanent	O
reality	O
chip	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
and	O
harness	O
them	O
into	O
an	O
enormous	O
botnet	B-Architecture
that	O
will	O
flood	O
Xenon	O
with	O
data	O
in	O
a	O
distributed	O
denial-of-service	O
attack	O
;	O
and	O
,	O
while	O
Xenon	O
is	O
distracted	O
by	O
the	O
DDoS	O
,	O
board	O
the	O
ISS	O
and	O
shut	O
him	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nathan	O
travels	O
to	O
the	O
jungle	O
settlement	O
of	O
Nuwaka	O
to	O
contact	O
the	O
Cypher	O
Master	O
,	O
the	O
reclusive	O
programmer	O
who	O
created	O
the	O
permanent	O
reality	O
firmware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cypher	O
Master	O
informs	O
Nathan	O
that	O
he	O
no	O
longer	O
possesses	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
permanent	O
reality	O
firmware	B-Application
,	O
having	O
sold	O
it	O
in	O
his	O
youth	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
that	O
created	O
Xenon	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
secretly	O
made	O
a	O
copy	O
and	O
arranged	O
to	O
have	O
it	O
hidden	O
in	O
a	O
location	O
unknown	O
even	O
to	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenon	O
created	O
the	O
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
not	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
population	O
,	O
but	O
to	O
help	O
them	O
cope	O
with	O
life	O
on	O
an	O
increasingly	O
resource-depleted	O
Earth	O
until	O
space	O
travel	O
technology	O
had	O
time	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
mature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Italo-German	O
indie	O
developer	O
Theta	O
Division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
started	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
after	O
four	O
years	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
via	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
GOG	O
storefronts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
was	O
published	O
by	O
Finnish	O
heavy	O
metal	O
record	O
label	O
Blood	O
Music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
were	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
28	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
15	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Claudio	O
Magistrelli	O
from	O
the	O
Italian	O
online	O
magazine	O
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
8.3	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
is	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
more	O
than	O
anything	O
else	O
,	O
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
is	O
a	O
great	O
adventure	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
detailed	O
world	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
great	O
pixel	O
graphic	O
,	O
fantastic	O
music	O
and	O
a	O
suggestive	O
atmosphere.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Jörg	O
Luibl	O
from	O
the	O
German	O
online	O
magazine	O
4Players	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
76%	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
Despite	O
its	O
old-fashioned	O
statics	O
and	O
occasional	O
illogical	O
moments	O
,	O
VirtuaVerse	B-Application
is	O
an	O
entertaining	O
point&click	O
adventure	O
with	O
great	O
cyberpunk	O
flair	O
and	O
an	O
interesting	O
story.	O
"	O
</s>
