The original creator of Flappy Bird has distanced himself from a planned revival.
Last week, it was confirmed Flappy Bird would be making a return, 10-years after it was removed from app stores.
The revival is being spear-headed by the newly-created Flappy Bird Foundation who, according to a press release, acquired the trademark from American company Gametech Holdings. The Flappy Bird Foundation has also worked with the team behind Piou Piou vs Cactus, a game which is believed to have inspired Flappy Bird.
However, the announcement made no mention of original creator Dong Nguyen. After years of development, Flappy Bird exploded in popularity towards the end of 2013 and was reportedly earning Nguyen more than £38,000 ($50,000) a day through sales and in-game adverts. However, towards the beginning of 2014, Nguyen suddenly removed Flappy Bird from all platforms after apparently feeling guilty about how addictive the game was.
According to court documents filed last year, Gametech Holdings seized Nguyen’s trademark of Flappy Bird due to inactivity [via Insider Gaming].
Nguyen has largely remained quiet since removing the game but over the weekend, he took to social media for the first time in seven years. “No, I have no [relation] with their game,” he wrote. “I did not sell anything.”
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