Amid the ruckus because of the new Covid-19 variant - Omicron, which is three times more transmissible than the Delta variant, a section of netizens have been claiming that Bill Gates and Microsoft have developed a video game, back in 1999, titled Omikron, which resembles with the name of the new variant.
According to those social media users, Bill Gates-led Microsoft developed a game, which was about “demons pretending to be humans and harvesting their souls”. “Coincidence much?” they question.
As this was viral over the internet, our team checked the facts related to the video game on Google, and it was found that the game was developed by a French company not Microsoft and it was another conspiracy theory.
The actual name of this “viral” video game is “Omikron: The Nomad Soul”. It can be noted here that here “C” is replaced by “K.” The Nomad Soul was developed by Quantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive in 1999. In the same year, it was released on the Microsoft Windows platform, and later in 2000, it was released on the Dreamcast game console.
But, let us tell you, the game was not developed by Bill Gates or Microsoft.
Hence, the viral conspiracy theory linked with Bill Gates and the Omicron variant is “Fake”.
Omicron Variant: In May 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) named the Covid-19 variant Omicron, which is the 15th Greek alphabet.