A strategy game about human destruction by disease has risen to the top of the App Store rankings in China as the virus situation is becoming more and more widespread.
As China struggles with the outbreak of a lethal corona virus in Wuhan, a strategy game about human destruction by plague has risen to the top of the App Store rankings at this country.
According to data from Sensor Tower, the strategy game Plague Inc, developed by UK-based studio Ndemia Creations in 2012, recently topped the iOS Chinese rankings of paid download apps in China. Quoc.
Plague Inc. has been a buzz since launch and is considered one of the most innovative, successful mobile strategy games of the past decade.
The main objective of the player will be to create and develop pathogens in an effort to wipe out humanity. As a testament to its appeal, before suddenly climbing to the top, the game was still in the top 25 of the App Store rankings in China despite being released for 8 years.
Plague Inc's fever is largely due to the virus spreading. Chinese state television on Wednesday evening quoted local officials as saying the number of deaths due to a mysterious virus spread from Wuhan City had reached 17, while the number of reported cases. So far exceeded 500 cases.
The virus belongs to the same family as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which also broke out in China and killed nearly 800 people worldwide in 2002.
Plague Inc also created an interesting wave on Chinese social networks these days. “I don't want to joke about this. However, when I witnessed the outbreak of the virus in Wuhan, I felt it was like Deja Vu (the phenomenon of seeing the future from the past) from Plague Inc, ”a user on Weibo wrote.
Although the Plague Inc game brings an unimpressive ending to humanity, it has also been recognized for its educational value. One of the developers of Plague Inc was even invited to speak at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US.
"The game requires us to destroy the world with germs, but it also really educates us about science and how to face it if we face true disease," Youxijun, a floating Weibo account sound sharing.
Before the corona virus epidemic, Plague Inc's number of downloads had skyrocketed in 2014 amid the Ebola epidemic that killed thousands of people in West Africa and infected some Americans. After raising funds in the game, producer Ndemia said it has raised more than $ 76,000 for charities against Ebola.
