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Dec 15, 2021 · Updated Dec. 16, 2021. Image courtesy of Steam. Claim: Bill Gates created a video game called Omikron: The Nomad Soul in 1999. Rating: False. About this rating. Context. There is a video...
- The Claim: Bill Gates Created A Video Game called 'Omicron' in 1999
- Game Developed by French Company
- Our Rating: False
- Our Fact-Check Sources
Social media users are linking a video game to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and the omicron coronavirus variant, playing into debunked conspiracy theories that Gates planned and engineered the COVID-19 pandemic or is implementing microchipsthrough the vaccines. "'Omicron' was the name of a 1999 video game by Microsoft – Bill Gates – about demons...
The video game, "Omikron: The Nomad Soul," was created byQuantic Dream and published by Eidos Interactive. On Nov. 2, 1999, Quantic Dream, founded in Paris by David Cage, released the game on the Microsoft Windows platform, but it was not developed by either Gates or Microsoft. In 2000, it was released on the Dreamcast game console. The game is set...
Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that Gates created a video game called “Omicron” in 1999. The video game, "Omikron: The Nomad Soul," was created by Quantic Dream, a French developer, and published by Eidos Interactive.
USA TODAY, Aug. 25, 2020, Fact check: 'Plandemic' sequel makes false claims about Bill GatesUSA TODAY, June 12, 2020, Fact check: Bill Gates is not planning to microchip the world through a COVID-19 vaccineGoogle Arts & Culture, accessed Dec. 15, Video game:Omikron: The Nomad SoulGameSpot, Nov. 29, 1999, Omikron: The Nomad Soul ReviewDec 2, 2021 · Yes, there was a game called Omikron: The Nomad Soul, starring a virtual David Bowie, released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows. No, the game was not made by Microsoft.
The Nomad Soul is an adventure game played from third-person and side-on perspectives in unarmed combat, and first-person view in armed fighting. The player may explore the three-dimensional environment of Omikron by walking, running, using vehicles known as Sliders, or taking elevators to reach apartments and offices.
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Dec 17, 2021 · Social media posts claim Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called "Omikron." This is wrong. A real game called Omikron was available on Microsoft in 1999, but neither...
Dec 21, 2021 · Social media posts claim Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called "Omikron." This is wrong. A real game called Omikron was available on Microsoft in 1999, but neither...
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Dec 29, 2021 · Social media posts in late 2021 claim a 1999 video game named "Omikron" is linked to Bill Gates and Microsoft, the company he co-founded, suggesting that it foreshadowed the Omicron variant...
