While testing the first person shooter Sentinel, from game developer, game winner Max Troy finds the events are being reflected in the world. He soon determines that the protagonist of the game is real-life Orson Creed, an ex-Sentinel employee who has been controlled by the business for reasons not known. As real and virtual worlds float, Creed and Max must join forces to unravel the conspiracy before the game's menacing events grow and overwhelm the town.