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Virus Video Game Sees 'very High Player Numbers in the Wake of Coronavirus Outbreak

Article content Plague Inc. is a game on the internet that lets you spread infectious pathogens across the world. It has seen an increase 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 struggling under very high numbers of players.



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Hello - our servers and websites for multiplayer and custom scenarios are struggling to cope with huge numbers of players. We are doing our best and things should be running again at 4pm UK time. Sorry!



Plague Inc./Rebel Inc. (@NdemicCreations) 24, 2020. 24, 2020



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Article content The company also issued a statement on the Thursday about the coronavirus, calling it "deeply disturbing".



According to the statement, "Whenever there's a disease outbreak, we see an increase in the number of participants as people seek to understand how viruses spread and the complexities of these outbreaks."



According to China, the new coronavirus has killed 81 people and has infected more than 2700.



The company warned players not to believe in the accuracy of the game since it depicts how coronavirus can spread. Instead, they provided an online link to World Health Organization.



The statement stated that Plague Inc. was a game, not an actual scientific model. "However, please remember Plague Inc. is real and an issue that affects a lot of people." "We would always suggest that players get their information directly from local and global health authorities.



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The game lets the player to create and name a fictional bacteria, virus, or another pathogen, and then attempt to spread it throughout the world. As the game progresses, the player is able to choose how the virus spreads and the symptoms it triggers. The game was released in 2012 and it was the 15th most downloaded paid iPhone game of the year.



Many of the game's players find it difficult to get their virus to spread to Greenland and Madagascar. Some on social media have joked that the two countries will be free of the coronavirus.
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I enjoy a lot of Plague Inc. on my phone.



So I am pretty certain that the Corona virus can cause organ failure within several days.



Only Madagascar is safe. Maybe Greenland.



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