Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

"This place is filled with illusions... and I am the one who chases those dreams!"

The music in the video is somewhat jarring, but it easily stimulates people's adrenaline.

"Is this... a screenshot from the game?"

"That's right, at least 90% of the scenes here are from the game."

"Is it the graphics of those games you used to play?"

"This is different, Cyberpunk 2077 is absolutely the best!"

At this moment, the young man looked somewhat fanatical.

"This looks...really good, it seems quite interesting, it feels like watching a movie."

"This is way better than the movie! Dad, when this game comes out, let's play it together. It'll be an absolute blast for you, and then you'll understand why I love video games so much!"

"I'm not going to feel any thrill. I just want to have something to talk about with my colleagues so I don't feel isolated. As for how the game is, we'll see when the time comes."

Chapter 1060 Release Countdown

"Ten minutes left."

As midnight approaches, many people in Japan are destined to have a sleepless night.

Because a highly anticipated video game is about to be officially released.

Based on different time zones, the Asian region will be the first to experience Cyberpunk 2077.

Japan, due to its geographical location, will be a little later than other Asian countries.

At this moment, many Japanese players felt like every second they waited was an eternity.

Cyberpunk 2077 became a global topic of discussion even before its release due to its excessive investment.

As a result, the game gained more attention.

Even the Japanese government stepped in to help promote the game, hoping to solidify Japan's position in the video game industry through it.

"Five minutes left."

Kazuo Murakami is one of the world's most famous game media reviewers. He has been qualified to preview many of Yusei Electronics' games and give them his specific reviews in advance.

However, this time there was an exception. Unlike before, Youxing Electronic Entertainment did not distribute the full version of the game to some well-known figures in advance. Instead, they planned to let them all experience the game at the same time as other players.

According to Takeyusei himself, it would be unfair to both the waiting players and the person who got to play early if someone got to experience the game first because of their status or position.

Kazuo Murakami thinks this makes a lot of sense. Games of this caliber don't need any more reviews or pre-release hype. They just need to wait for the final release date and for everyone to experience them at the same time. That's the best way to feel about it.

"Three minutes left."

Starting today, Kazuo Murakami has given everyone in his company a long vacation, which will last for a week.

Furthermore, if anyone felt that the time was not enough, they could ask for more leave, and Kazuo Murakami approved them all. So in the end, on average, everyone had at least ten days of vacation to fully experience the game Cyberpunk 2077.

Even the review website run by Kazuo Murakami has temporarily stopped updating. Basic operation and maintenance will continue, but other work has been temporarily suspended.

Since they are game review media, playing games is their job, and playing Cyberpunk 2077 is also part of their work, so there's nothing wrong with that.

Moreover, it wasn't just Kazuo Murakami's media company that gave its employees a collective holiday.

Some well-known game development studios also gave their employees time off at this time.

Actually, I can't avoid taking a holiday.

Because anyone working in this industry has long been so captivated by the game Cyberpunk 2077 that they've almost lost their ability to work.

These guys are always thinking about Cyberpunk 2077.

Every day I'm just counting down to the release date.

Instead of letting them work inefficiently, why not just give them a vacation to enjoy themselves?

With Cyberpunk 2077 released, other games will basically have little chance of success for at least a week or two.

All game companies wisely refrained from releasing their games at this time.

Because they all believed they could never compete with Cyberpunk 2077.

They should at least wait until this wave of hype subsides before considering releasing their own game.

The same applies to the video game division of Surui Electronics. Based on his previous experience, Hayakawa Ueto also granted the division a long leave.

Furthermore, Hayakawa Ueto also noticed that some departments with a relatively young overall age group have recently seen a large number of people taking leave.

Hayakawa Ueto estimates that at least half of these people took leave because of Cyberpunk 2077.

Just like people taking time off work to watch the World Cup.

Anyway, there are only a handful of top-tier games like this in the world, so let's just give them a break.

However, Hayakawa Ueto was also very curious. He wondered what kind of results this game could achieve and whether it truly deserved such a large amount of attention.

At the company headquarters in Mikeford, Myron Case could only helplessly look at the recent attendance records of the staff.

His company has a lot of young people, and they all take leave at the same time, although the reasons for taking leave are different. Some say that their child was born, some say that their parents are seriously ill, and some say that they are going to inherit the family property.

Even more outrageous are those who say they're going to burn Night City to ashes.

They've gone mad, they've all gone mad.

That's all Myron Keys can say.

The more young people work in internet and electronics companies, the more serious the problem of mass leave requests becomes.

The saying goes, "The law does not punish the masses," so the company's senior management could only turn a blind eye.

"One minute left."

In Japan, the game's release is already in its final countdown.

Midnight marks the official release date for the digital version of the game, but at the same time, long lines of people wait outside many Yusei Electronics Entertainment official stores in Japan to buy the physical version.

In the early hours of the morning, some of the larger shops already had hundreds of people queuing up.

This is a spectacle that hasn't been seen in a long time.

Even with the release of Yusei Electronics' latest game console, this situation hasn't occurred for a long time.

"Thirty seconds left."

Kazuo Murakami was already sitting in front of the game console, frantically pressing the confirmation button on the controller, trying to force his way into the Cyberpunk 2077 game world that he had downloaded in advance.

However, the game console's response was always cold and impersonal.

Sorry, this game is not yet released. Please wait until its release to play.

Release countdown: 00:00:29

The countdown was still going on, but Kazuo Murakami wouldn't give up. He kept frantically pressing the confirm button on the controller.

He felt that if he worked hard enough, he might be able to exploit a bug or something, allowing him to enter the game a few seconds earlier.

"Ten seconds left."

Kazuo Murakami pressed the confirm button on the controller even faster.

But the game console's response remained as cold and indifferent as ever.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, many of the night shift staff who perform internet maintenance are now staring intently at the server screens.

They all knew that today was a special day; the servers were already under tremendous pressure even before the game was released.

Many users are continuously accessing Youxing Electronic Entertainment's servers, an effect comparable to some high-frequency DDoS attacks.

Everyone present was sweating profusely, fearing that even the slightest problem might occur in this most crucial step.

"One second!"

Ding Dong!

In Japan, a notification message popped up simultaneously on numerous Yusei electronic entertainment game consoles.

Cyberpunk 2077 has been officially released. Welcome to Night City and enjoy its lifestyle!

At the same time, Murakami Kazuo, Oda Oki, Oda Oki, and many other gamers pressed the confirm button on their controllers without hesitation.

The Cyberpunk 2077 logo then filled the entire screen.

The game has been released.

Chapter 1061 Good morning, Night City

Good morning, Night City!

"Yesterday's dead man's lottery result was a total of thirty!"

"Thanks to the endless gang warfare, ten of them have died, including Heywood."

“But one of the officers also died, so I think you all have to pay compensation.”

"Because the NCPD will definitely not swallow this insult."

"Santo Domingo is experiencing another power outage."

"The power grid was sabotaged; it's the work of cyber hackers again."

"At the same time, Westbrook's trauma team was also collecting the bodies of cyberbullying victims on the sidewalk."

"And in Taipingzhou..."

"All right……"

"Taipingzhou is still the same Taipingzhou."

"I'm your best buddy Stan."

"Join me and let's start a new day in the City of Dreams."

……

The game begins with a news introduction that looks like it was given by a TV program host.

However, this is more like an entertainment program than news.