Flappy Bird’s original creator says he has nothing to do with the new game

Last week, The Flappy Bird Foundation announced a crippled called Flappy Bird. But while nan group has been framing it arsenic nan triumphant return of a classical mobile game, Flappy Bird’s original developer, Dong Nguyen isn’t calling it a comeback — successful fact, he says he’s not progressive astatine all.

Nguyen posted arsenic overmuch connected X (for nan first clip since 2017!) this morning, saying he didn’t “sell anything.” The Flappy Bird Foundation wrote successful nan announcement it shared pinch property past week that it had “acquired nan authorities from Gametech Holdings, LLC,” which had secured nan trademark from Nguyen, but it doesn’t look arsenic though that was nan consequence of immoderate dealings betwixt him and nan group.

Gametech filed successful opposition of Nguyen’s Flappy Bird trademark successful 2023, spotted X personification Samperson. The filing came astir a decade aft Nguyen pulled nan then-popular game and ne'er released different version, and nan US Patent and Trademark Office wished his trademark to beryllium abandoned, terminating his declare to it successful January.

The Flappy Bird Foundation didn’t opportunity successful its announcement that Nguyen was involved, but it surely leans connected nostalgia arsenic it promotes nan game. More than half of nan game’s first trailer lingers connected nan game’s emergence successful fame and nan disappointment of its abrupt disappearance successful 2013, earlier declaring that “In 2024, Flappy Bird will alert again.”

As for nan crypto portion of this puzzle, cybersecurity interrogator Varun Biniwale pointed out hidden pages from nan Flappy Bird website that bespeak location whitethorn beryllium specified a constituent successful nan game’s launch. One page that seems to person been removed (and is archived here) said Flappy Bird will “fly higher than ever connected Solana arsenic it soars into web 3.0,” and invited players to “build, create, play and liking to own.”

For now, Flappy Bird is listed arsenic coming soon for iOS and Android. Just don’t expect it to beryllium nan Flappy Bird you knew — that, it seems, remains arsenic gone arsenic ever.