Hi Apocalyptic Associates!

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of people queueing for overpriced ice cream, playing their music too loud in cars and parks and complaining about late, sweaty and packed public transport… this can only mean one thing. It’s finally summer! What better time to shut yourself in a dark room and obliterate all life on earth?

We’ve taken a break from the burning hot sun to enjoy some of your shocking scenarios, and we’re glad to confirm that you’re still… how do we put this nicely… notably noxious? Seriously. Your parents are worried about you.

Familial disappointment aside, we’re delighted to bring you the top ten scenarios of the past month. The eclectic list below features everything from bubbles to flex tape. Wait a second, flex tape? Again? You all seem pretty hellbent on this flex tape thing. At this point, all we can do is pretend we understand it. Flex tape? Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh my god, flex tape! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Flex tape! Hahahahahahahaha-

Lycanthropy (Monster Plague Engine POC) by indigofenix
TheSeedVirus by GlitchPhoenix
MEV-1 [Contaigon] by MayhemZip
Flex Seal Infection [BETA] by oddballtoday
FOR THE HAPPY WOLF! by A FREAKIN KISKA
Anti-Vaxxers by Diamond_Eyes
Głupota opanowuje ludzkość! By NorbertVipPl
Infinite DNA -Bacteriea by Consumedgrub2
Ultimate Bubble-Fungus by GDMitch
ANARCHY by Bolito21

-ahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh, that’s funny. *Ahem*
Congratulations to all of the marvelous makers listed above. Your reward is that you are now slightly more cool than you were before.

Fancy being on this list next month? Then we challenge you to make your own scenario! We long for your insatiable creativity and fresh ideas (unless you’re making another flex tape scenario. Pretty sure we’ve got that covered). Head on over to Plague Inc: Evolved and use the Scenario Creator to build your own Custom Scenario today!

Until next time, stay healthy!

Gemma

Hi Virulent Victims,

And you thought we had forgotten you and all of your beautiful/terrifying Custom Scenarios. Not a bit of it. We’ve just been a bit tied up with another exciting project of late: Plague Inc: Armageddon, the first major expansion for Plague Inc: The Board Game. Give that link a click to get an eyeful of two new disease types, a whole bunch of new traits and events, Brexit Britain and loads more (and to order your copy!).

Ahem. Shameless plugs aside, we’ve also had been panning for Scenario gold through the Workshop-river. And look what we found! It’s only the ten most popular Custom Scenarios of the last 30 days!

The Cynical Plague by TheBrodsterBoy
滑稽病毒 by 神马雷雷娱乐
The Power of the Spiral by indigofenix
Lyme disease by Kaniosek
When Disasters Strike by Bent
SIVA Infection by Redrix
Chlorovirus by Hexagon_PS
Plague inc: The dark descent by Shiratsuyu
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: The Zone Secrets 2.0 by Nekohime
Multiply By 10 by Disappointed Prion

A thorough ‘well done’ to all of the dedicated creators listed above - Plague Inc.’s community thanks you, we thank you, everyone thanks you.

Do you want a digital pat on the back from your fellow Plague Inc. players? Do you have a disgusting new disease in your brain just waiting to get out? Then share it with the community! Just head into Plague Inc: Evolved and open up the Scenario Creator (or use the mobile Plague Inc: Scenario Creator app) to build your own Custom Scenario and you can publish it for everyone to play!

In the meantime: stay healthy!

Matt

Exciting news - the first expansion for Plague Inc: The Board Game has been successfully Kickstarted! Armageddon is coming!



Plague Inc: Armageddon is the first major expansion for the critically acclaimed Plague Inc: The Board Game. In it you can infect the world with two radically different disease types (Bioweapon and Fungus), use powerful game-changing genes, deal with Brexit Britain and a whole lot more.

Get ready to laugh as global vaccination rates drop, cry as your friend evolves a particularly lethal strain of athlete's foot and cheer as your bioweapon devastates entire continents in a single turn!

Armageddon takes Plague Inc. to the next level, supporting new play styles, expanding strategic choices as well as adding more variety to an already extremely replayable game. It also lets you play with an extra player!

For all the details on Plague Inc: Armageddon, including what comes in the box, and how the new disease types work, check out the Kickstarter page here.

And if you want to get involved - you can pre-order it now here!

Stay Healthy,

Ndemic Creations

Hi diseased disciples,

It's been a busy time here at Ndemic HQ: we're hard at work on our new game, Rebel Inc. (available now on iOS and Android, and hopefully coming to PC in the future!).

In the meantime, we've not forgotten Plague Inc.! Better late than never, we wanted to let you know why Plague Inc: Evolved has recently popped up in your Steam downloads. We've pushed out a minor update to fix a couple of issues. Full details below.

1.16.7 changelog:
Fixed - A textual error in one of the Shadow Plague popups
Fixed - Board Game scenario save issue
Fixed - Some Scenario Creator localisation errors
Added - Linux 64Bit support

Keep an eye out for more exciting news coming soon!

Stay healthy,

Matt

Hi Pathogenic Pals!

They say that the eyes are a window to the soul. Well, judging by the proliferation of dubious anime trappings, memes and videogame-themed zombie apocalypses, we don’t really want to know what your Plague Inc. Scenarios are a window to.

Oh, who are we kidding, yes we do.

Each month we stare lovingly into the abyss (AKA the internet) in order to discern the top ten most popular Plague Inc. Custom Scenarios from the last 30 days. Take a deep breath, load up the game and prepare yourself for this month's infectious selection:

times 1000000 by Cheesy bo1
Resident Evil's t-Virus by Gyde
The HARRAN Virus by Gyde
Resident Evil: Umbrella Corp. by yutterh
Ultimate Bio-Weapon by GDmitch
War of the waifus by Lil nugget
WORLD WAR 2 by peter3sticks
The Weak Minded by arskon03
Climate Modification Nanites by indigofenix
JEVIL by z0mbiesrock

Congratulations, as always, to all the creators listed above!

Reckon you’ve got what it takes to craft your very own Plague Inc. Custom Scenario? Or perhaps you’ve been inspired by the above offerings? Well then maybe you could see your own creations plucked from obscurity and venerated by all. All you need to do is open up Plague Inc: Evolved and give the Scenario Creator a whirl. Get building and show us what you’ve got!

In the meantime, stay healthy everyone, and see you next month!

Matt

Hi Contaminated Creators!

Can we still say Happy New Year even though it’s a full month since our collective existence took another tangible atrophic step towards the heat death of the universe? We don’t care, we’ll say it anyway: Happy New Year!

We hope you’ve had a smooth landing in 2019 through a constructive January. We know for a fact that the below scenario creators did, given that their scenarios have floated to the very top of the popularity pile over the last four weeks. Play through the following list to discover epidemics of all flavours, including, but not limited to, zombies, anime characters, and mystery Apocalypses.


Resident evil by Lil nugget
血小板真可爱！ by SandCastle(沙雕)
Lethality Speed Test by delainarm
The Flop by The Survivor
A New Reality? (DDLC) by SonenseS
The Rapture: End of Humanity by MKB0i
PAX 19 Bacteria by Le Pepp
Scorched Plague by C.E.R.B.E.R.U.S
Chaos Plague by delainarm
Video Gaming Practices by Garrus

Congratulations, as always, to the creators listed above!

But what about you, dear reader? Has your creative whistle been wetted by seeing such fine specimens displayed upon our digital plinth? If so, know that you too can bask in the adoration of the Plague Inc. playerbase. All you have to do is extract from your brain your very own idea for a cool Plague Inc. scenario, build it in the Scenario Creator that comes with Plague Inc: Evolved, and then publish it for everyone to play. Who knows? Maybe your creation will storm the popular scenarios chart next time?

In the meantime, stay healthy everyone, and see you next month!

Matt

Hi Ailing Acolytes!

Welcome to our end-of-year Popular Scenarios blog post blowout! Ah, it feels good to reach the end of 2018, doesn’t it? You can almost smell the promise of the new year on the horizon. Well... it’s either that or everything’s on fire over there. We’re sure it’s fine.

Regular readers of this blog will know how it all works by now. Each month we construct an obligingly hilarious introduction [sure you do, Matt - James], then we pluck the latest and greatest Custom Scenarios out of the ether to place before you in one easily digestible list.

This month we wanted to do something a bit special to celebrate a full year of fantastic player-created content. We’ve gone through the last 12 months worth of blog posts and pulled together an uber list, featuring the weirdest, funniest and, of course, most popular player created scenarios from 2018.

The weather outside might be frightful, but the following collection of scenarios is delightful:

Cult of Nyarlathotep by theoxis
Cannibal Plague by Redbaron
Reality Drift by here comes the money
Y.H.W.H. by vadrigaar
Interstellar Travelers 1 by BioActiveSteve
Cat Apocalypse by Jaggwagg
Avengers: Infinity War (v. 4) by Zer0sion
The Sleeper by A Beautiful Duwang.
Times 100? by LycanBoy
The Last of Plagues by MKB0i

Congratulations to all the above creators, and remember: if you have a great idea for a cool new Plague Inc. scenario, you too could have your name among them! Just boot up the game and head to the Scenario Creator to give it a go.

Have healthy holidays all!

Matt

P.S.
Apologies that the Popular Scenarios Update blog is slightly later this month. We have a very good excuse! We’ve been hard at work releasing a brand new game for iOS, Rebel Inc.

Let us know what you think, and if you would like to see the game come to PC in the future. You can read all about our plans for the game over on our full FAQ here.

Hi there maligned mates,

We wanted to drop in to let you know that we've pushed a minor update to Plague Inc: Evolved, fixing a couple of issues. Just so you know why we’re showing up in your download lists! ;)

You can see the full changelog here:
Updated - ELO maximum has now been set to 10k
Fixed - ELO matchmaking issues
Fixed - Minor text changes in Ultimate Board Games Scenario
Fixed - Issues with Shadow Plague Government Actions in Scenario Creator
Fixed - Issue with Custom Scenarios using multiple Cheats

Keep an eye out for more exciting news coming soon!

Stay healthy,

Matt

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