The popular mobile game, Flappy Bird is making a comeback in August with a multi-player mode, months after it was abruptly pulled down from app stores.
The return of the addictive bird-flying game, Flappy Bird, was imminent but the timeframe for the release was unclear, until now. Creator of the popular mobile game, Dong Nguyen revealed during an interview with CNBC, Wednesday that a revived version of Flappy Bird will return to mobile app stores in August. The latest news follows a detailed interview with the game creator by Rolling Stone in March.
Flappy Bird raked in millions of downloads and attracted worldwide attention, despite its simple 8-bit coding. The gaming sensation grew so much that it was downloaded more than 50 million times on mobile app stores. But the fame, fortune and success came at a price for the game's creator, who couldn't handle the pressure and finally decided to pull the plug on Flappy Bird in February.
Flappy Bird was a simple graphic game that users played by tapping the screens of their phones. Gamers needed to cross as many pipes possible to achieve the highest score. The mobile game was dormant for almost five months before it was spotted on the number one position on Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Though the game generated $50,000 each day through ad revenue, the continuous rants from users about the negative impact of the game did not seem worth it for Nguyen to continue the game.
But this time around, Nguyen has a fix for the ultimate addiction when it will be released in August. According to CNBC, the modified version of the game will be less addictive and feature new multi-player mode. But the details on how the game will be less addictive remains under the wraps. If the multi-player game-play is the solution to people's addiction with the game, only the August release can show how successful Nguyen is with his plans.
The exact date of the release was not announced, but the app maker told CNBC that more apps are in the works including a game where a guy jumps from one building to another.
