A self-described “crew of passionate followers dedicated to sharing the sport with the world” says it’s acquired the rights to Flappy Bird, the enduring cellular recreation whose creator took it offline lower than a yr after it was launched. Now, “The Flappy Bird Foundation Group” will relaunch the sport on Android and iOS in 2025.
But it’s unclear whether or not the unique creator of Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen, is part of the sport’s relaunch. The Verge reached out to Nguyen with a request for remark however didn’t instantly hear again. His account on X and the web site for his recreation growth firm don’t present any current updates. The Flappy Bird Foundation stated it acquired the rights to the sport from Gametech, LLC, which isn’t related to Nguyen.
Following Flappy Bird’s sudden shutdown in 2014, clones began flooding app shops whereas firms tried to snap up its trademark. Even although Ngyuen expressed curiosity in relaunching the sport on the time, Apple’s App Store guidelines could have prevented him from doing so. Under the foundations, builders lose possession of an app’s title once they take away it, and so they can’t relaunch it below the identical title if one other developer is utilizing it.
Still, as somebody who was an enormous Flappy Bird participant again in 2013, I’d like to see the sport introduced again to life.
While the brand new recreation will characteristic the unique Flappy Bird character, future updates will introduce new recreation modes, characters, and “large multiplayer challenges.” The new Flappy Bird web site reveals what we’d anticipate, with a brand new “rivals” mode the place you may problem 99 different gamers and one other that has you capturing birds by means of basketball hoops. There are some new characters as effectively, like “Peng” the penguin, and the rainbow mohawk-sporting “Quirky.”
