Simply over a decade after its 2013 release–and its surprisingly fast elimination from app stores–the immensely well-liked Flappy Bird is lastly returning to cellular gadgets (and probably different platforms) in 2025.
The mission is being developed by the Flappy Bird Basis, which describes itself as a “workforce of passionate followers dedicated to sharing the sport with the world.” The Flappy Bird Basis group has acquired the rights to each the official Flappy Bird trademark and the rights to Piou Piou vs. Cactus, the cellular sport upon which Flappy Bird’s titular character relies.
“It has been a decade-long, convoluted journey to get right here, however we’re so excited to lastly start sharing Flappy Bird as soon as once more with the world,” a spokesperson for the Flappy Bird Basis stated of the sport’s upcoming reboot.
The Flappy Bird Basis says that “the return of the viral sport will debut in Fall 2024,” however added, “Launches on iOS and Google Play are deliberate for 2025.” GameSpot has reached out to the Flappy Bird Basis for clarification, however plainly gamers will get a style of the sport someday close to the top of 2024, earlier than the sport formally launches on browsers and cellular gadgets in 2025.
“Flappy Bird will return to a wide range of platforms, together with net browsers and new devoted apps deliberate in 2025 for iOS and Android, with different platforms to be introduced,” learn a press launch from the Flappy Bird Basis, suggesting gamers could even see a console launch sooner or later.
The unique Flappy Bird launched in Might 2013 for iOS and January 2014 for Android, however was faraway from each Google Play and the App Retailer on February 10, 2014, after its creator, Vietnamese sport developer Dong Nguyen, grew to become overwhelmed by the recognition of the game–and its addictive nature.
Given the truth that the fan-founded Flappy Bird Basis has acquired the rights to the sport, one would suppose that Nguyen may need made a bit of cash from the sale, however that does not look like the case. It seems that the trademark for Flappy Bird was considered abandoned, which can have allowed the creators of the reboot to get their arms on the IP at no cost, although the main points stay unclear. GameSpot has reached out to the Flappy Bird basis for feedback concerning the acquisition of the trademark.
Nguyen has but to make a press release on the sport’s 2025 revival, however Michael Roberts–the chief artistic behind the return of the game–seems ecstatic to be helming the return of the sport, which incorporates a lot of new gameplay options, like new sport modes, characters, development, and “large multiplayer challenges for the world to flap collectively.”
“We’re past excited to be bringing again Flappy Bird and delivering a contemporary expertise that may hold gamers engaged for years to come back,” Roberts stated of the sport’s return. “Now we have massive plans for our little Bird!”