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''Plague Inc.'' is an iOS, Android and Windows Phone strategy video game, developed by one-man developer Ndemic Creations. The player creates and evolves a pathogen in an effort to destroy the world with a deadly plague. The game uses an epidemic model with a complex and realistic set of variables to simulate the spread and severity of the plague. The PC and Xbox One version is entitled ''Plague Inc: Evolved'', which includes adjustments and additions to the gameplay. It has been downloaded over 25 million times〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How to Get Rich Simulating the Deaths of Billions of People )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Plague Inc. headed to Windows PC )〕 and was a runner up in the IGN Game of the Year 2012 awards for 'Overall Best Strategy Game'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Best Overall Strategy Game )〕 Overall, it was the 15th most downloaded paid iPhone game of 2012 in the U.S.〔(Best of 2012 - Apple )〕 and the 5th most downloaded paid iPhone game of 2013 in the U.S.〔(Best of 2013 - Apple )〕 In February 2014, Ndemic Creations released Plague Inc: Evolved, for PC, Mac and Linux onto Steam.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/19/5425560/plague-inc-evolved-hits-steam-early-access-tomorrow )〕 The game continues to have an active community and is regularly updated. ==Gameplay== ''Plague Inc.'' is a strategy-simulation game in which the player controls a plague which has infected patient zero. The player can choose between various game-modes, plagues and viruses, and complete the objective set by the game-mode by evolving the plague and adapting to various environments. The objectives include, but are not limited to: Infecting and killing the world's population with a pathogen, enslaving the world's population with the "Neurax Worm" or converting the world's population into zombies with the "Necroa Virus".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-04-plague-inc-review )〕 However, there is a time pressure to complete the game before humans, the opponent, develop a cure for the plague.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Plague Inc. app review )〕 The developer has said it is "a bit like the film ''Contagion'' except you are on the other side".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ed Tech Crew 211 - Interview with James Vaughan creator of Plague Inc )〕 The game was inspired by ''Pandemic 2'', a browser-based Flash game released in 2008 by Dark Realm Studios.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cloning vs. Evolution: Pandemic mutates into Plague Inc. - Hookshot Inc. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Plague Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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