Ndemic Creations announced that they are donating $250,000 from the revenue they’ve made from Plague Inc. to the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund in order to help “fight COVID-19”.

The announcement was made over on the official Ndemic Creations website, where creator of Plague Inc., James Vaughan, stated…

“Eight years ago, I never imagined the real world would come to resemble a game of Plague Inc. or that so many players would be using Plague Inc. to help them get through an actual pandemic. We are proud to be able to help support the vital work of the WHO and CEPI as they work towards finding a vaccine for COVID-19”.

Ndemic is also working with the UN Foundation, and will be releasing a new update in connection with their collaboration with the World Health Organization and the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

According to the post, the new update will overhaul the game where you’ll work with health institutes and researchers to prevent the spread of viruses instead of manufacturing a virus to wipe out the world.

In the post, they explain…

“When arranging our donations with the WHO and CEPI, we were repeatedly asked if we could make a game which let the player work to stop an outbreak. Therefore, as well as providing financial support, we are accelerating work on a new Plague Inc. game mode which lets players save the world from a deadly disease outbreak.

“Players will have to balance managing disease progression and boosting healthcare systems as well as controlling real-world actions such as triaging, quarantining, social distancing and closing of public services. We are developing this game mode with the help of experts from the World Health Organisation, the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network and more.”

As mentioned, there currently is no cure or vaccine for the coronavirus. Given that the mainstream media has been peddling a lot of fake news, it’s impossible to tell exactly how many people are infected and exactly what the death count is.

Even still, I wonder how well that’s going to go over with the main audience, since the main hook for Plague Inc. was basically becoming evil scientist and putting a doomsday virus into circulation.

I suppose we’ll see when the update finally arrives.

Plague Inc. is currently available on the Steam store for PC, carrying a $14.99 price tag.

(Thanks for the news tip Reina Todoroki)