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<p>Ten years after being pulled out of the App Store and Google Play Store, classic mobile game Flappy Bird will return.</p><p>Flappy Bird will return as an expanded version that will also be available on the web by the end of October after a fan group named Flappy Bird Foundation acquired the rights to the original game and character. The game also featured a snippet from ABS-CBN&#x27;s former evening newscast Bandila. </p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil" style="width:762px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1726281508337Screenshot 2024-09-14 103746.png" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">ABS-CBN evening newscast Bandila makes a cameo in the trailer featuring the comeback of classic mobile game Flappy Bird. <em>Screenshot from Flappy Bird&#x27;s trailer</em></span></span></span></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/25/philippines-blocks-crypto-giant-binance-1641">Philippines blocks crypto giant Binance</a></div><p>It will return to mobile platforms in 2025, according to a report by IGN.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1834241698781630485&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-09-14T03%3A29%3A36.707958%3A002798be-bca1-4796-8822-a9e6a8dd275a%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=302bbeaf79b1213e39583bcbcbbd852678680d07&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:977px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1834241698781630485"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>The remade game, however, received mixed opinion on social media, particularly on X/Twitter for its new ownership&#x27;s alleged connections with cryptocurrency and an apparent intention to &quot;use the fans nostalgia for the game to sell NFTs,&quot; according to a Community Note on the social media platform. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/2/20/investing-in-crypto-read-this-first-611">Investing in crypto? Read this first</a></div><p>Created by Dong Nguyen, the game became a massive hit in 2013 but was taken down a year later after Nguyen felt overwhelmed by its popularity and success.</p><p>Nguyen has also avoided the limelight after the game was pulled out, and netizens believe that the new ownership waited for the game&#x27;s trademark to end before the acquisition.    </p>

<p>Ten years after being pulled out of the App Store and Google Play Store, classic mobile game Flappy Bird will return.</p>

Ten years after being pulled out of the App Store and Google Play Store, classic mobile game Flappy Bird will return.

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Flappy Bird to return after 10 years, receives mixed reactions for crypto ties

AC Coloma,

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Published September 14, 2024 10:52 AM PHT

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