Flappy Bird, the beloved but short-lived App Store hit from 2013-2014, is coming back to the iPhone soon. Over 10 years after its developer pulled the game and disappointed a host of fans, the original game and its trademark have been turned over to new hands, sparking the coming re-release.
Update 9/16/24: Nguyen, the game’s creator, has now tweeted that he is not involved and did not sell the game rights after all. It seems the game’s trademark expired and this new group picked it up freely. What was formerly thought to be the reemergence of the original game, with new life, now looks like it will be yet another imitator.
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