<s>
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
:	I-Application
Evolved	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
UK-based	O
independent	O
games	O
studio	O
Ndemic	B-Application
Creations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
creates	O
and	O
evolves	O
a	O
pathogen	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
world	O
with	O
a	O
deadly	O
plague	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
an	O
epidemic	B-Application
model	O
with	O
a	O
complex	O
and	O
realistic	O
set	O
of	O
variables	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
spread	O
and	O
severity	O
of	O
the	O
plague	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
attracted	O
the	O
attention	O
of	O
the	O
CDC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
game	O
of	O
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
:	I-Application
Evolved	I-Application
is	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
-	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
plague	B-Application
which	O
has	O
infected	O
patient	O
zero	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
infect	O
and	O
kill	O
the	O
whole	O
world	O
population	O
by	O
evolving	O
the	O
plague	B-Application
and	O
adapting	O
to	O
various	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
time	O
pressure	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
before	O
humans	O
,	O
the	O
opponent	O
,	O
develop	O
a	O
cure	O
for	O
the	O
plague	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
expansion	O
packs	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
January	O
2021	O
a	O
free	O
DLC	O
(	O
now	O
paid	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
titled	O
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Cure	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
attempts	O
to	O
eradicate	O
a	O
rapidly	O
spreading	O
plague	B-Application
by	O
creating	O
a	O
cure	O
before	O
they	O
lose	O
all	O
of	O
their	O
"	O
authority	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
too	O
many	O
people	O
getting	O
panicked	O
about	O
disease	O
spread	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
slow	O
the	O
spread	O
of	O
the	O
plague	B-Application
by	O
imposing	O
health	O
guidelines	O
,	O
public	O
awareness	O
schemes	O
and	O
continental	O
lockdowns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
:	I-Application
Evolved	I-Application
went	O
live	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
Early	O
Access	O
on	O
20	O
February	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
used	O
"	O
almost	O
half	O
a	O
million	O
pieces	O
of	O
feedback	O
and	O
feature	O
requests	O
from	O
players	O
"	O
to	O
help	O
him	O
understand	O
what	O
players	O
wanted	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
said	O
he	O
was	O
"	O
only	O
50	O
percent	O
of	O
the	O
way	O
through	O
the	O
original	O
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
design	O
document	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
mode	O
,	O
two	O
players	O
compete	O
to	O
spread	O
their	O
own	O
plague	B-Application
across	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
while	O
preventing	O
in-game	O
humans	O
from	O
inventing	O
a	O
cure	O
and	O
trying	O
to	O
eradicate	O
the	O
other	O
player	O
's	O
disease	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Ndemic	B-Application
Creations	I-Application
released	O
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Evolved	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
;	O
gameplay	O
is	O
operated	O
through	O
the	O
Switch	O
's	O
Joy-Con	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
the	O
touchscreen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
some	O
controversy	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
during	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
this	O
Plague	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
