Flappy Bird Returns but now with microtransactions

https://sh.itjust.works/post/25104762

Flappy Bird returns but now with microtransactions - sh.itjust.works

And the trademarks were sleazily grabbed from the original creator :/

It isn’t the original creator? I saw some advertising elsewhere that heavily implied that it was the same guy.

If it’s just some company trying to leech of the success from over a decade ago that’s beyond pathetic.

Unfortunately multiple sources seem to agree Dong Nguyen has no involvement, which is consistent with the way he originally shut down Flappy Bird due to people spending too much time on it :(

“The Flappy Bird Foundation said it has acquired the official Flappy Bird trademark from Gametech Holdings LLC, a U.S. company that appears to have wrestled the trademark from Nguyen, as well as the rights for the original game and character from Piou Piou vs. Cactus, the mobile game that supposedly originally inspired the Flappy Bird character.”

ign.com/…/10-years-after-it-was-pulled-offline-vi…

10 Years After It Was Pulled Offline, Viral Mobile Game Flappy Bird Is Coming Back - IGN

Mobile video game phenomenon Flappy Bird is set to return 10 years after its creator pulled it offline.

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His name was dong?
His friends called him Magnum.
Gametech had the Piou Piou rights? Sounds dubious…