At an extraordinary moment, the number of online users of Plague Company reached a new high. Developer： This is just a game.

Recently, the pneumonia epidemic in novel coronavirus has attracted a lot of attention, and at the same time, a strategy simulation game named Plague Inc has topped the list of paid games in the App Store in China.

In addition, the game has reached the highest number of simultaneous online players in history-8452, far exceeding the record of 4601 created in April 2018, and created the highest average online number record in the past 30 days.

However, Ndemic Creations, the developer of Plague Company, recently issued a statement to remind players: "Please remember that Plague Company is only a game, not a scientific model. We always recommend players to obtain information about the epidemic directly from local and global health departments."

Game interface

According to public information, the game "Plague Company" was released in 2012. Two years later, the Ebola outbreak broke out in West Africa, and the game became famous unexpectedly. At that time, developers used the game platform to launch fundraising for players and raised $76,000 for charitable organizations to help fight the Ebola epidemic.

It is worth mentioning that "Plague Company" released a new game module (MOD) in 2015, named "Coronavirus", and the game introduction said that "the new coronavirus will appear in the world in 2020, which is similar to SARS".

The following is the original statement:

Statement screenshot

In addition, the game recently released a new DLC, and its name is "Fake News". In this mode launched in cooperation with professional fact-checking institutions, players can try the taste of spreading rumors and rumors, and test how a lie can deceive the world under the promotion of layers.

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