A self-described “group of enthusiastic fans devoted to sharing the video game with the world” states it's gotten the rights to Flappy Bird, the renowned mobile video game whose developer took it offline less than a year after it was launched. Now, “The Flappy Bird Foundation Group” will relaunch the video game on Android and iOS in 2025.
It's uncertain whether the initial developer of Flappy BirdDong Nguyen, belongs of the video game's relaunch. The Verge connected to Nguyen with an ask for remark however didn't right away hear back. His account on X and the site for his video game advancement business do not reveal any current updates. The Flappy Bird Foundation stated it got the rights to the video game from Gametech, LLC, which isn't related to Nguyen.
Following Flappy Bird‘s abrupt shutdown in 2014, clones began flooding app shops while business tried to grab its hallmark. Despite the fact that Ngyuen revealed interest in relaunching the video game at the time, Apple's App Store guidelines might have avoided him from doing so. Under the guidelines, designers lose ownership of an app's name when they eliminate it, and they can't relaunch it under the exact same name if another designer is utilizing it.
Still, as somebody who was a huge Flappy Bird gamer back in 2013, I ‘d like to see the video game recharged.
While the brand-new video game will include the initial Flappy Bird character, future updates will present brand-new video game modes, characters, and “huge multiplayer obstacles.” The brand-new Flappy Bird site reveals what we may anticipate, with a brand-new “competitors” mode where you can challenge 99 other gamers and another that has you shooting birds through basketball hoops. There are some brand-new characters too, like “Peng” the penguin, and the rainbow mohawk-sporting “Quirky.”
