His life was fleeting, but his career was dazzling. Released in May 2013, flappy birdA smartphone game that was as fun as it was tough, it was still at the top of the app store rankings when it was pulled in February 2014 (about three million daily downloads were recorded then). The world). At the time, its creator, Vietnamese Dong Nguyen, even revealed that he earned around $50,000 a day thanks to integrated ads. The free game, however, disappeared overnight and its developer explained that he regretted having created such a game. “addictive”. A paradox that has helped maintain the legend of the pixelated bird.
But on Thursday, September 12, the bird emerges from its grave: “I’m back!!” publishes an account in the name and colors of flappy birdon the social network “The iconic classic of mobile gaming” will be playable again from autumn 2024, The Flappy Bird Foundation Group promises in a press release published the same day.
The company behind this project, however, obviously has nothing to do with the original game. She claims to have “acquired the exploitation rights” from the viral game by the company Gametech Holdings LLC. The latter won in September 2023 a legal procedure initiated against Mr. Nguyen before the American Patent and Trademark Office, invoking the abandonment of the license. In the absence of a response from the developer, the American agency finally ruled in favor of Gametech Holdings LLC, paving the way for the return of the use of the trademark and the principle of the game to the yellow bird.
Free game and virtual coins
Even if he claims to be ” official “This new project prompted Mr. Nguyen, whose public speaking engagements are extremely rare, to break his silence. “I have nothing to do with his game”said Sunday X. Contacted by The worldThe development team remained enigmatic, indicating that it would be explained “in due course”.
In addition to the issue of license ownership flappy birdHis supposed return has been joined by a second controversy, related to his supposed economy, which everything seems to indicate will be based on cryptocurrencies. In fact, the Flappy Bird Foundation group is promoting Flap-a-TON, an ephemeral project available on the Telegram channel dedicated to gaming. The latter is integrated into the Telegram Open Network (TON), the blockchain initially created by the controversial message teams and in which it is possible to circulate cryptocurrencies such as Toncoin.
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