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We are in 2015. Microsoft through its page sells the video game of the company Ndemic Creations, Plague Inc, as follows: Your pathogen has just infected ‘Patient Zero’. Now you must bring about the end of human history.
Plague Inc. was initially launched in 2012. In the main mode of this simulator, the user takes control of the virus, adds new characteristics and mutations to it, in order to eventually exterminate humanity.
After the outbreak of coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the game experienced a new outbreak of popularity and in the spring of 2020 ranked first among paid apps in the AppStore in 56 countries around the world:
-Can you infect the world?
Plague Inc. is a unique combination of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation.
Your pathogen has just infected ‘Patient Zero’. Now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global plague while adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
Superbly executed with innovative gameplay and built from the ground up for touchscreen, Plague Inc. from developer Ndemic Creations evolves the strategy genre and pushes mobile gaming (and you) to new levels. It’s You vs. the World – Only the Strongest Can Survive!
◈◈◈ #1 top game worldwide with 900 million+ games played ◈◈◈
Plague Inc. is a global success with over half a million 5-star ratings and features in newspapers such as The Economist, New York Post, Boston Herald, The Guardian and London Metro!
The developer of Plague Inc. invited to speak at the CDC in Atlanta about in-game disease models!
“The game creates an engaging world that engages audiences in serious public health issues” – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
“Best Tablet Game of 2012” – New York Daily News
“Plague Inc. it will grab your attention in all the right ways and keep it there” – Tap Arcade
“There is no doubting Plague Inc’s high level of quality.” – Modojo
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