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Flappy Bird Returning To Mobile App Stores Eventually
Dong Nguyen, the creator and destroyer of Flappy Bird, is apparently planning to revive the game, but he won't share when.
A fan asked Nguyen on twitter if he is planning to bring the game back to the App store to which he replied, "Yes, but not soon."
@painfullpacman Yes. But not soon.
— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) March 19, 2014
Following that response, a separate fan asked if it would also return to the Google Play store, to which Nguyen simply replied, "Yes."
@alb97bxn @painfullpacman Yes.
— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) March 19, 2014
Despite being the most popular free game on iTunes, and commanding a huge amount of popularity, Nguyen pulled the game off the store in February saying that he could not take it anymore.
[Source: @dongatory, via AndroidGuys, NeoGAF]
Our Take
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to learn than Nguyen is planning on bringing Flappy Bird back. It was too big to fail, so to speak, but I assumed he was all done ready to move on to his next project.
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