Disease-themed game Plague Inc is known across the globe for letting you manufacture a disease with the sole objective being to obliterate humanity.
Sounds a little bit on the nose, given the current coronavirus pandemic, but it has been an extremely popular app to play for years. However, given the global health crisis, a new mode is coming to Plague Inc.
This new mode will allow you to do the exact opposite of Plague Inc's original aim and instead tasks you with trying to save the world from a deadly outbreak.
In a blog post, the game's developer, Ndemic Creations said it decided to introduce this mode based on feedback from the World Health Organisation and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.
"We were repeatedly asked if we could make a game which let the player work to stop an outbreak," the company wrote.
To save the world, you'll now control world governments in the throes of a global pandemic. Ndemic says that you'll have to manage the disease progression by focusing on healthcare systems, while also imposing quarantines, social distancing and even shutting down public services, which all sounds rather familiar to you.
The mode will come in the form of a free update, promising to add some much-needed positivity and optimism to the game, deviating from it's bleak, 'every one must die' formula.
Ndemic has had a busy few months as a result of the spread of coronavirus. Earlier this year, the app was banned from China's app stores.
Ndemic posted a blog saying that the game has been removed from China's App Store. "We've 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. The situation is completely out of our control."
