Report: Multiplayer Flappy Bird swooping, crashing in August

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Dong Nguyen, the creator of viral sensation Flappy Bird, has reportedly told CNBC's Kelly Evans that the game will make a return in August, with new multiplayer-centric features. Evans tweeted the news earlier today, as did CNBC's social media team.

Nguyen took Flappy Bird down earlier this year, claiming it was addictive. How the addition of multiplayer would help solve that is anybody's guess, but this isn't the first time Nguyen has considered reviving his flappy phenomenon.

Back in March, when it was reported that 60 Flappy Bird clones were hitting the mobile market every day - that's 2.5 every hour, or one every 24 minutes - Nguyen said he would consider making the game available again, albeit with a warning that cautioned players to take a break from playing.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/05/14/report-multiplayer-flappy-bird-swooping-crashing-in-august/

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leiPosted:

This is so stupid I can't believe I used to play this game

PintPosted:

I wasn't addicted to Flappy Birds but I guess some people were. Nevertheless it was an amazing game and I cant wait to see what he does with Multiplayer!

-yoghurtPosted:

MVPapi
CHUBBYninja
killofduty
Hence
Altar
Miss This guy is just going to make a ton more of money now. Never understood why he took it down in the first place.


You just explained why he took it down. To make a ton more money now, create hype and a want/need for the game so everyone will buy it again especially since it now has an "upgrade" which he probably had all along.


Flappy Bird was never a paid app. It was always and will be free.


Flappy Bird had ads. So even though the game was free the creator of the app was still making a lot of money.


He made his money from the ads that sit at the top or bottom of the screen. With people paying that game constantly on their phones connected to the internet. The developer makes money. Not much but I guess millions playing it allot kind of adds up.


Think if he gets paid 1p every single time somebody sees an ad, and there's 4 million people at the same time playing it: you'll be a billionaire inside a few weeks/months


i never noticed there was ads before

StonerzardPosted:

CHUBBYninja
killofduty
Hence
Altar
Miss This guy is just going to make a ton more of money now. Never understood why he took it down in the first place.


You just explained why he took it down. To make a ton more money now, create hype and a want/need for the game so everyone will buy it again especially since it now has an "upgrade" which he probably had all along.


Flappy Bird was never a paid app. It was always and will be free.


Flappy Bird had ads. So even though the game was free the creator of the app was still making a lot of money.


He made his money from the ads that sit at the top or bottom of the screen. With people paying that game constantly on their phones connected to the internet. The developer makes money. Not much but I guess millions playing it allot kind of adds up.


Think if he gets paid 1p every single time somebody sees an ad, and there's 4 million people at the same time playing it: you'll be a billionaire inside a few weeks/months

GossipPosted:

I dont understand why he didn't like that people were addicted to his game... I mean people liked it.

CHUBBYninjaPosted:

killofduty
Hence
Altar
Miss This guy is just going to make a ton more of money now. Never understood why he took it down in the first place.


You just explained why he took it down. To make a ton more money now, create hype and a want/need for the game so everyone will buy it again especially since it now has an "upgrade" which he probably had all along.


Flappy Bird was never a paid app. It was always and will be free.


Flappy Bird had ads. So even though the game was free the creator of the app was still making a lot of money.


He made his money from the ads that sit at the top or bottom of the screen. With people paying that game constantly on their phones connected to the internet. The developer makes money. Not much but I guess millions playing it allot kind of adds up.

HOFPosted:

The app was amazing... I cant wait to see how he could make this game even better.

killofdutyPosted:

Hence
Altar
Miss This guy is just going to make a ton more of money now. Never understood why he took it down in the first place.


You just explained why he took it down. To make a ton more money now, create hype and a want/need for the game so everyone will buy it again especially since it now has an "upgrade" which he probably had all along.


Flappy Bird was never a paid app. It was always and will be free.


Flappy Bird had ads. So even though the game was free the creator of the app was still making a lot of money.

HencePosted:

Altar
Miss This guy is just going to make a ton more of money now. Never understood why he took it down in the first place.


You just explained why he took it down. To make a ton more money now, create hype and a want/need for the game so everyone will buy it again especially since it now has an "upgrade" which he probably had all along.


Flappy Bird was never a paid app. It was always and will be free.

MSXPosted:

Didn't like this game in the first place but the multilayer sounds decent.


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