Plague Inc. pulled from the App Store in China amid coronavirus outbreak

The popular game Plague Inc., where you create a disease with the goal of spreading it across the world, has been removed from the App Store in China amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

“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,” said Ndemic Creations, the game’s developers, in a blog post announcing the game’s removal. “This situation is completely out of our control.”

Ndemic Creations said it will attempt to contact the Cyberspace Administration of China to try to resolve the situation. In the meantime, the developer says it will keep supporting and updating Plague Inc. outside of...

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