A game which challenges players to spread a deadly virus around the world has been banned in China, its makers have said. Plague Inc. has been pulled from the Chinese app store for including illegal content, British-based developer Ndemic
Creations said. In a statement, Ndemic Creations said: We have some very sad news to share with our China-based players. We've just been informed that Plague Inc. 'includes content that is illegal in China as
determined by the Cyberspace Administration of China' and has been removed from the China App Store. This situation is completely out of our control.
Plague Inc. has become a huge hit since it was launched eight years ago. It now has 130
million players worldwide and soared in popularity in China amid the coronavirus outbreak, becoming the bestselling app in the country in January. Some players suggested they were downloading the game as a way to cope with fears surrounding the virus.
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