It was five in the morning in Korea and two in the afternoon local time.

The developer and distributor of BNW—Hive Games Entertainment—was holding a press conference at their headquarters in Tennessee, United States of America.

One minute before the start of the press conference…

Murmur… murmur… 

The Comb Section Stadium, where the press conference was being held, was filled with noise because of the crowd that gathered for the press conference. It was normal for such a crowd to gather and fill up an entire stadium since BNW was a game that boasted more active users compared to all previous games that held the top spot combined, and the influence of the game that commanded three hundred million active users was massive.

Their revenue?

It was a shocking figure, but that wasn’t important since a long time had already passed since BNW took over the world’s mainstream media through its three hundred million active users. In fact, there were many videos, comics, fan art, E-Sports, novels, movies, and a lot of other multimedia content that used BNW as their model.

Software power!

BNW was able to acquire significant influence over the world by offering ‘Earthlings’ an otherworldly experience, and this effect was similar to how Hollywood gave significant influence over the world in the early years of the film industry. Therefore, the Comb Section Stadium was filled with not only reporters from every mainstream news channel but from independent reporters, reviewers, and bloggers as well.

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