The popular game about the spread of the virus has now been removed from sale in China

Just a week after the game gained in popularity in the country, it was removed from the App Store for the Chinese market.

Plague Inc. is a strategy-simulation game of Ndemic Creations in which the player must develop the full potential of a particular virus to infect the entire world. Although scary to some, the game actually teaches about human health and ways viruses can spread, and we can help prevent them. This is supported by the fact that Ndemic collaborates with numerous world health organizations. 130 million people have played the game so far.

However, the action within this game does not seem to sit well with the Chinese authorities who are Plague Inc. decided to declare it an illegal creation and remove it from the Chinese App Store. The Chinese were greatly aided by the Cyberspace Administration. The situation in which the people of Ndemic found themselves is currently beyond their control.

An official statement said: "We are working hard to find a way to get the game back into the hands of Chinese players. We don't want to give up on you, however, as a small independent studio in the United Kingdom, we don't have too much of a chance. Our priority is to contact the Cyberspace Administration of China to understand their reasons and come to a common solution. "

It is unknown if this decision resulted in a newly created virus or popularity of the game with Chinese players. Ndemic assures the other players that nothing will change and will at the same time support Plague and Rebel Inc. games on all platforms and try to solve the situation in China.

China has become quite strict in the past two decades when it comes to video games. In those 20 years, the Chinese authorities banned their production, import, and sale of consoles and arcade machines. Last year, they passed a law that children should not play video games after 10pm.