The creators of the pandemic video game will add a new game mode to save humanity and donate $ 250,000 to the cause.
With the arrival of the global coronavirus crisis, we recently echoed the rise in popularity of a video game called Plague Inc., a 2012 title for mobile devices that encouraged us to end humanity through a deadly pandemic at length and width of the planet. Not without leading some recent controversy, the creators of the game, Ndemic Creations, have announced two actions in favor of the fight against Covid-19.
$ 250,000 donation
Thus, its managers have announced that they are already working on a new update of the video game that will give a total turn to its main objective; So much so, that thanks to its new game mode, we can save humanity from a pandemic on a global scale, just the opposite of the original objective of the title. All this for educational purposes in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, in order to raise awareness among the population in their fight against this type of pandemic.
Thus, this new game modality will allow us to manage from the financing of public health to the quarantine of the different states of the world, as well as to control the progress of the disease to try to stop it as soon as possible; Although there is no specific release date yet, they ensure that it will be playable very soon completely free of charge.
On the other hand, Ndemic Creations has decided to support the fight against the coronavirus by making a donation of $ 250,000 for research against the pandemic. "Eight years ago, I never imagined that the real world would come to resemble a Plague Inc. game, or that so many players would use Plague Inc. to cope with a real pandemic. We are proud to be able to contribute to the vital work of WHO and CEPI as they work to find a vaccine for Covid-19, ”says James Vaughan, who is primarily responsible for the app.
