The new owners of mobile game revival Flappy Bird have released a statement to “clear the air” on their intentions, but…
The new owners of mobile game revival Flappy Bird have released a statement to “clear the air” on their intentions, but are yet to acknowledge claims it’s based on cryptocurrency.
If you missed it, last week the Flappy Bird Foundation announced the game’s return as it had newly acquired the official rights.
Afterwards, original creator Dong Nguyen stated he had nothing to do with the revival. “I did not sell anything”, he wrote on social media. “I also don’t support crypto.”
Nguyen pulled the original game from sale in 2014 despite it generating a reported $50,000 a day in advertising revenue. His reasoning, he said at the time, was the game had “become an addictive product. I think it has become a problem. To solve that problem, it’s best to take down Flappy Bird. It’s gone forever.”
With the reveal of the game’s revival, the Flappy Bird Foundation – a team of self-proclaimed fans who claimed they were “committed to sharing the game with the world” – stated it had acquired the official rights from Gametech Holdings, as well as the rights to Piou Piou vs Cactus – a mobile game long credited as the inspiration behind Flappy Bird.
