Epidemic game Plague Inc. disappears from Apple’s App Store in China
The game has been popular since the coronavirus outbreak, but it went missing shortly after Apple announced it would remove unlicensed games in accordance with Chinese law
The 8-year-old game had newfound popularity in China because of its premise: Players must engineer a super virus with the end goal of wiping out the human race. But now iPhone owners can no longer download or update the game on the iOS App Store in mainland China. Those who already own the game and try to update are presented with an alert that reads, “Plague Inc. is no longer available. Developers have removed the game app from the App Store.”
No reason has been given for the removal. Apple and game developer Ndemic weren’t immediately available for comment. But another Ndemic game called Rebel Inc. is still available in China.
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