In the Wake of the Coronavirus Outbreak, Virus Video Game Has'very High Numbers of Players
Article content Plague Inc. is a digital game that lets you spread infectious pathogens across the globe. It has seen a rise in players since the outbreak of coronavirus.
Article content The company responsible for the development of the game, Ndemic Creations, reported on Twitter Friday that the game's website and its servers for multiplayer games were experiencing difficulties due to the high player numbers.
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Hello - our servers and website for multiplayer and custom scenarios are struggling to handle extremely high numbers of players. We're doing our best to get things up and running by 4pm UK Time. Sorry!
- Plague Inc. / Rebel Inc. (@NdemicCreations) January 24 2020
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Article content On Thursday, the company issued a statement about coronavirus and called it "deeply troubling".
"Whenever there is an outbreak of disease there is an increase in players, as people seek to learn more about how the disease spreads and to be aware of the complexity of viral outbreaks," the statement reads.
China claims that the new coronavirus has infected more than 2700 people and killed 81 people.
The company advised users not to rely on the accuracy of the game as it depicts how the coronavirus spreads and instead offered the World Health Organization.
The statement said that Plague Inc. was a game and not a scientific model. "However keep in mind that Plague Inc. is real and very real and affects many people." "We strongly recommend that players seek out their information directly from local and international health authorities.
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The game allows players to create and identify a fictional bacteria or virus, or any other pathogen and then try to spread it across the world. As the game gets more difficult, the player can choose how their virus spreads and what symptoms the virus creates. The game was launched in 2012 and was the 15th most popular paid iPhone game in the year that followed.
Many of the players are unable to get their virus to spread from Greenland to Madagascar. On social media, some joked that the coronavirus will not affect these two countries.
I play a lot of Plague Inc. on my phone.
it's all about games and game servers here
So I'm pretty sure the Corona virus will alter organ failure within a few days.
Only Madagascar is secure. Maybe Greenland.
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