or that so many players would be using Plague Inc. 'Eight years ago, I never imagined the real world would come to resemble a game of Plague Inc. The developer also said it donated $250,000 to the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. Ndemic Creations didn't say when the new mode will be available, but the company did say the mode will be free for all players. Stopping the pathogen from global domination will take a strategic approach of managing the disease, improving health care systems and controlling real-world actions such as quarantining, social distancing and closing of public spaces, Ndemic Creations said in a post Monday. Now developer Ndemic Creations has a new mode in the works for Plague Inc., where players will try to stop a deadly outbreak from taking over the world. It surged in popularity at the start of the coronavirus outbreak. is a strategy game where players try to infect the world with a new pathogen. To aid with this, the studio shared a link to the World Health Organisation's page on the current coronavirus outbreak.Īccording to the BBC, the number of people in China killed by this disease has risen to 81, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill.Plague Inc. We would always recommend that players get their information directly from local and global health authorities.' 'However, please remember that Plague Inc is a game, not a scientific model and that the current coronavirus outbreak is a very real situation, which is impacting a huge number of people. This has been recognised by the CDC and other leading medical organisations around the world. 'We specifically designed the game to be realistic and informative, while not sensationalising serious real-world issues. 'Whenever there is an outbreak of disease we see an increase in players, as people seek to find out more about how diseases spread and to understand the complexities of viral outbreaks,' the developer wrote. Ndemic Creations issued a statement, and later reshared via Twitter, emphasising that its game is merely a simulation. Last week, the BBC reported the game had become the best-selling app in China - eight years after its initial release - as the number of people killed by the new strain of the virus continued to rise. The studio behind Plague Inc has warned its players not to take the game's simulation of viral outbreaks as a resource in understanding the spread of the coronavirus.

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