Ah, yes, Halloween - it’s the favourite time of year for fans of blood sucking, neck biting and (in some circles) bat being. But what does your average vampire do when they’re not trick or treating or picking the garlic cloves out of their risottos? Well we’d wager they might just be dabbling in Shadow Plague, the most realistic depiction of a worldwide vampire infestation available.

In this vamp-centric Plague Inc. game mode you too can prepare for the night walker apocalypse via the ultimate simulation. Learn how to:

• Consume humanity - Feed carefully to grow in power and transform into a monstrous bat to strategically set up lairs and shadow portals.
  
• Emerge from the Shadows - Create slaves to worship your vampire and use Blood Rage to defeat the Templar who hunt your vampire as well as the WHO who seek to eradicate your pathogen.
  
• Cover the world in darkness - Master unique gameplay mechanics and strategies to help your vampire rule the world!

Plague Inc: Evolved is currently available at a special Halloween sale price, so now might just be the best time of year to sink your teeth into Shadow Plague.

Stay healthy, and Happy Halloween from all of us at Office Zero!

Matt

Hi pernicious pals!

Some people say that the best way to prepare for the end of the world is to build a bunker in your back garden. Others suggest stocking up on canned goods. Yet more cultivate arsenals of cricket bats and hockey sticks. But there’s a much better way to get a handle on the various diverse ways humanity could pop its 15307819144 collective clogs*.

I mean, who of us can honestly say that we would know what to do if Armageddon via a fictional hybrid turtle/princess character birthed from the internet came to pass? What would you do if you were transported to an alternate history conceived in an infamous WWII grand strategy game’s mod? What happens when a purple-clad, seven foot tall, anti-plumber finally gets his time in the spotlight?

Well it’s a good job there are plenty of Plague Inc. creators out there ready, willing, and able to offer up their wisdom in these matters. Play through the below ten scenarios, the most popular from the last 30 days, to get a real end-times education.

Kaiserreich by Sakura Da Familia
Waluigi's Rage by Quewueu
The Last of Plagues by MKB0i
Fortnite and our FINAL:HOUR by voltron106
Bowsette by Tom Cat
APEX: Nuclear Alert Zero by Атомный Говномёт
Joy by Grays
Times 100? by LycanBoy {LINK REMOVED}Gamdom.com
Masks We Wear by originalsparkstar
Medieval Conquer by Xova

Congratulations to all of the creators listed above!

For the uninitiated, we gather up the ten most popular scenarios created by players in the Plague Inc. Scenario Creator every month for you to play through. Do you have an idea for a scenario that’s just waiting to burst out? Then get creating yourself! The Scenario Creator is free for all owners of Plague Inc: Evolved - just launch the game, select it from the main menu, and get started.

You never know, it might be your bizarre brain splurges on our monthly popularity pedestal next time around.

Until then, stay healthy,

Matt

*Total number of figurative global clogs correct as of time of writing

Greetings Ailing Acolytes!

That’s it folks. Summer is officially over. It’s time to throw your sun hats and flip-flops into a dusty cupboard for another nine months and knuckle down for the long haul. In our general location (the UK) that means grey skies, tepid rain, and more grim-looking clouds than a JRPG cosplayer meet-up.

But don’t cry for us, dear Plague Inc. players. This just means more time to spend indoors playing through the hundreds of custom scenarios you craft on a monthly basis. Scenarios such as the ten below, which we’ve plucked from the plethora on offer as the most popular from the last four weeks. From psychological horror to infectious duct tape (?) there’s something here for everyone.

Heart of Darkness by A Beautiful Duwang.
The Sleeper by A Beautiful Duwang.
Enslaving Parasite by Stache & Hat
电子海洛因 by 恐惧教主
The Dollar Flu by Grays
The Coven by SkymeRate
Flex Tape Mod by DylanDino2017
インフルエンザ by tshtga
Sky Terror by thomas.watts
Uh OH SPAGHETTIO'S by Nononym

Congratulations, as always, to everyone featured above. And to everyone else: be sure to give these a play through and let the creators know if you enjoy their work. Compliments are like the best Plague Inc. diseases - they work best when passed around freely!

We’ll be back again next month with another selection of popular scenarios to try out. If you can’t wait until then, or if you’re sat there thinking ‘I can do better than that!’, then put your disease where your mouth is. Figuratively.

You can grab the Scenario Creator free with Plague Inc: Evolved. Just run the game, select it from the main menu and get creating. Who knows, maybe it’ll be your scenario that tops the popular charts next month.

Until then: stay healthy!

Matt

Hello pernicious pals!

Halloween might still be a couple of months away, but the Plague Inc. community is already busy crafting a glut of horrific new custom scenarios to play through. Demons, Zombies, Werewolves - they’re all here for the party this month as we gather the ten most popular custom scenarios for your pleasure/terror.

If you’re not in the mood for monsters then there are still bees and garlic bread to contend with. Yes that’s right. Bees and garlic bread. Don’t ever change, you beautiful Plague Inc. Scenario Creators.

The Andromeda Strain by Jaggwagg
Lycanthropy by Remmahraw 687
Zombie Anhilation by Robback
The Rise of Garlic Bread by Gay Pasta
Ligma by 𝓚𝓐𝓚𝓐𝓢𝟭𝟮𝟯𝟰𝟱𝟱
苏维埃崛起V2 by 天真·珈百璃·怀特
Killer Bees by zomblue
东方project by 豆沙团子
Avengers: Infinity War (v. 4) by Zer0sion
Demonic Virus by SóMaisUmDemônioDeTintaGamer

Give the above scenarios a go and let your fellow players know how you get on. Oh, and don’t forget to leave feedback for the creators as well, especially if you enjoyed their work!

We’ll be back next month with another collection of popular scenarios. In the meantime, why not get your own built and shared with the community? The Scenario Creator comes free with Plague Inc: Evolved on Steam, it’s just a case of booting it up and exploring your own infectious ideas. Publish something and you never know: it could by your name up there come September!

Until then, stay healthy,

Matt

We’re fresh back from a trip to Buckingham Palace, where Plague Inc. picked up a very royal award from Her Majesty The Queen. We wanted to celebrate winning The Queen’s Enterprise Award for Innovation in style, so created a special ‘Royal Update’ - available for free for Plague Inc: Evolved on PC right now!

The Royal Update is stuffed full of exciting content, including two all new scenarios. Read more on both below!

Make a best-selling board game in this radically different scenario that has nothing to do with disease! Investors have given you two years to design, produce and distribute your very own game. Can your cat-themed Scrabble/Risk hybrid outsell Monopoly?

People around the world have stopped believing in science, medicine and even diseases. One country decides to offer scientists sanctuary and from here they hope to save humanity from itself! Can you wipe them out in time?

We’re been looking forward to you lot getting your hands on these scenarios, and can't wait to see what witty board game combinations you can think up. So get stuck in and good luck infecting the world’s table tops!

Stay healthy,

Matt

P.S.
For those interested in the minutiae, here's the full change log:

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Added 2 new Official Scenarios
Added 16 new achievements
Updated text and translations
Fixed: Scenario Creator news display issue
Fixed: Multiplayer mode player numbers display error
Fixed: Quickfire saving/loading errors
Fixed: Rare multiplayer game logging problems

Hello microbial mates!

Spain’s on the ropes. Argentina’s been knocked out. Germany’s no longer the European force it once was. No we’re not talking about the World Cup: we’ve just been playing through a bunch of player-created scenarios and casually wiping out humanity. It turns out you don’t have to wait for four years to pass to see the world’s footballing superpowers (and England*) fall to their knees - just pick a Plague Inc. scenario and get stuck in.

Each month we make the delightful task of scouring the thousands of player-made custom scenarios a bit easier for you all, by picking out the ten most popular and putting them up on a celebratory pedestal. No actual trophies get handed out, just supreme respect and digital high fives all round. This month with added Cat-based apocalypses, memes, and bunnies.

Bunny Love by Lucky Bunny
Star Wars by Cringe Lord Cronan
Cat Apocalypse by Jaggwagg
SCP-016 by Hellsverg
Plague Zero by Gino
Infinity War by Zer0sion
Virus-X by HidanTsuda
Too Many People by Beowulf197
Fourth Wall Breach by Luigicat11
The Meme Virus by knight.k.j.88

Congrats to everyone above and to everyone else: enjoy giving these a play through and remember to leave feedback for the creators if you enjoyed their work.

Do you feel like you could do even better though? Why not give it a go in the Plague Inc: Evolved Scenario Creator? It comes free with the game, just boot it up, dive in and get creating. Who knows, maybe you’ll be the one receiving our digital high-fives next month?

In the meantime, stay healthy!

Matt

*Note: this post was written prior to conclusion of the World Cup under the assumption that England will almost certainly crash out on penalties.

Did you know that Plague Inc. just won a royal award from Her Majesty The Queen? To celebrate winning The Queen’s Enterprise Award for Innovation , we’re creating a huge ‘Royal Update’ stuffed full of exciting new content, including two all new official scenarios!

Make a best-selling board game in this radically different scenario that has nothing to do with disease! Investors have given you two years to design, produce and distribute your very own game. Can your cat-themed Scrabble/Risk hybrid outsell Monopoly?

People around the world have stopped believing in science, medicine and even diseases. One country decides to offer scientists sanctuary and from here they hope to save humanity from itself! Can you wipe them out in time?

We’re working hard to get this update out to you in July, so start getting some witty plague/board game names prepared ahead of time!

Stay healthy,

Matt

Hello Ailing Acolytes!

Summer sunshine is here (in Ndemic’s local hemisphere at least) and so the time has finally come to don flip-flops and hit the outdoors for some much required *fresh air*. Wait… it’s also the start of a new month? Well, that means we’ve just gathered a whole bunch of the most popular Plague Inc. Custom Scenarios from the last 30 days into one place for easy play-through access. Forget the flip-flops: draw the curtains, turn off the lights, and adorn yourself with your comfiest dressing gown/PJs/onesie [delete as appropriate]. It’s time to get infecting.

This month’s selection of apocalypses (apocolypi?) ranges from timely videogame parodies to always welcome feline fiascos, so there’s bound to be something in there to make staying in worthwhile!

Interstellar Travelers 1 by BioActiveSteve
The Forest by BarnacleFilms
Cat Army by SP1K3Y EY3
SCP-008 by Hellsverg
Fort It Battle Royale by GrandApron
Terminate the Terminators by TideSlayer
A-Cosmic-Bacteria by Jakeys4 | Mannco.trade
Pale Horse by StrangerDanger'
Cure Inc.（解药公司） by disymayufei
Deep Sleep by Booblesnoot

Congratulations as always to the intrepid creators whose scenarios made the grade this month. Finished playing through these and thinking that you could do better? Then get Plague Inc. booted up and get creating yourself! Who knows, maybe it’ll be your creation that’s celebrated next time!

In the meantime, stay healthy!

Matt

Hello Contaminated Creators!



May day! May day! It’s May day. Which means another month has come and gone and it’s time for us to delve into the perilous pool of player plagues to pluck out 10 of the most popular for your perusal.

This month we’ve seen some things, let me tell you. Hellspawn walking the earth. Bug-based bloodbaths. Super herpes. We’ve got just enough time to post the below list of most popular customs Scenarios for May before we go and have a fortifying sit down.

Nano machines by theoxis
Y.H.W.H. by vadrigaar
The Terrarian Empire by Blastbomb Studios
Lemonade by MonkBoi
Insects Become Leaders by Skyruthum
新丧尸病毒 by 13932840860
Flight Club+ by yhrcyt
Demons Unleashed by bloodeyedwolf
The OP Disease by Sushi3462
HSV (Herpes Simplex Virus) by ElectricVictor

Congratulations and thank you, as ever, to the creators listed above!

Is there a plague in your brain waiting to burst out in Custom Scenario form? If so, you might want to see a doctor about that. Once that’s sorted, though, why not attempt to craft your idea in the Plague Inc: Evolved Scenario Creator? Boot up the game, give it a go, and who knows… maybe it’ll be your name up in lights come next month’s Popular Scenarios update?

In the meantime, stay healthy!

Matt