netwars / out of CTRL

In recent years, numerous serious cyberattacks have targeted governments, the gas and oil industries, financial institutions, and energy suppliers. In response, countries worldwide have formed their own cyber troops. The race is on, but it remains unclear who will be responsible for controlling these powerful cyberspace armies in the future.

Back in 2014, before cyberwarfare became a widely recognized threat, Miiqo Studios launched „netwars / out of CTRL,“ a fact-based 5-part interactive web series that explored the looming danger of cyberwarfare. At that time, many considered the concept of cyberwarfare to be science fiction, a common perception that changed dramatically after the revelations of Edward Snowden in 2013.

netwars allows users to personally experience the vulnerability of digital infrastructure and modern technology. Through various scenarios, they engage in an intriguing game with the main character, a digital weapons dealer portrayed by Nikolai Kinski, who is a mastermind in the dark market of digital warfare. The series explains the structures of sophisticated virus attacks, combining fiction with professionally researched facts, expert knowledge, documentary footage, and gaming elements.

There is nothing virtual about this reality.

The scale of this cross-media project is vast: it includes an Interactive Web Doc, TV Documentary, Interactive Graphic Novel App, E-Book, and Audio-Book.