02 / THE WORLDOLD POWER. NEW INTELLIGENCE.
TWO SHADOW POWERS.
A WORLD OF REGIONAL GIANTS.
ONE COLLISION COURSE.
For decades, two hidden forces have fought to shape the future.
FACTION / 01
THE OLD DEEP STATE
Seeks to preserve the world it built — a system of finance, war, industry, and political influence.
FACTION / 02
THE NEW AI CARTEL
Wants something else entirely: to tear down the old order and rebuild civilization around artificial intelligence.
But neither side controls the world alone.
- RUSSIA rebuilds its power.
- CHINA wages war and survives victory.
- THE KOREAN PENINSULA is transformed.
- JAPAN returns to the board, adapting to a more dangerous Pacific.
Regional powers, armies, governments, and populations pursue their own survival. From Ukraine to Taiwan, from Seoul to Moscow to Tokyo, each crisis becomes part of a larger struggle.
By the late 2030s, the world believes peace has finally returned.
It has not.
PROTOCOL GATE 2040.8 is a survival strategy game set inside this fractured future — where global powers collide, hidden factions manipulate events, and ordinary people must decide what to believe, what to build, and who to save before the final gate closes.