Code Creatures
A modern world where virtual games are life outside of the regular 9 to 5 work day. Communication is electronic, everyone has a cell phone, as long as one is willing to work, they will be able to make enough money to survive. Some of the companies give bonuses of in-game cash for a top game instead of 'real money'.
The game our story revolves around is Random Corp's answer to the wildly popular Port-a-mon Get-Out, Code Creatures. A brand new game designed by Dr. Holly A. Graham. It takes off and consumes the world as an actually fair, non-pay-to-win, and balanced system. Even the weakest creature imaginable can be useful... Marketing schpiel continues...
As companies around the world begin to mysteriously go bankrupt, and you find yourself out of a job, you get recruited by the authorities to help them get to the bottom of it. Take on quests in real life and use your creatures in game to earn a living and find out what is going on in the world around you.
(Totally new creature capture battle game, will update later.)