With the world suffering a massive pandemic and already a victim of plenty of fake news, Google has decided to cancel its usual April Fools fun this year.

Developer Ndemic Creations may not have intended to create one of the most controversial games of all time years in advance (Plague Inc. is currently banned in China, along with Winnie the Pooh references), but the studio is striking while the iron is hot as they’ll be introducing a new mode to the game that is designed to reverse the goals of the original virus-spreading contagion simulation.

You’re home, you’re not allowed outside and you’ve got a backlog to catch up on while the Coronavirus dies a slow death outside due to quarantine procedures. Fortunately, video games are more than capable of scratching an itch to keep your mind occupied. Double-unfortunately, you’re going to need to find something else to do while said game downloads, because Sony is looking to preserve Europe’s Internet system by slowing down the rate at which the latest titles are downloaded.

For the rest of the month you’ll be leveling up way faster thanks to Blizzard encouraging self-isolation in these times of pandemic.

With the Coronavirus resulting in several scheduled Formula One races being postponed, Formula 1 is moving its action to a virtual track. Called the F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix series, the event will see the current line-up of drivers compete until May in games of F1 2019 on PC. Each driver will be racing from a remote location so as to avoid infection, with the broadcast taking place live from Gfinity Esports Arena starting on March 22.

I mean if everyone is doing it in reality, why shouldn’t those slumming it in the wasteland have a chance to exploit a supposed doomsday?

It was inevitable! With many an event being postponed or flatout cancelled, it was only a matter of time before Comic Con Cape Town had to make a hard decision in the interest of public health and safety.

With video games, the flow of work seems to be one that has adapted to the new status quo, as studios quarantine their employees at home and use the power of the web to get work done on projects. Take CD Projekt Red for instance, who have introduced new measures to keep its valued employees healthy and alive.