Flappy Bird Finally goes off from App Stores

Flappy Bird, a smartphone game that has become a big sensation, is no longer out there on the App Store or Google Play. The game’s creator Dong Nguyen wrote on Twitter this weekend that the game’s success “ruins my simple life”. “I am sorry ‘Flappy Bird’ users, 22 hours from now (that was 12Noon EST yesterday), I will take ‘Flappy …

Flappy Bird to be Taken off from App Stores

Dong Nguyen, developer of the mobile game Flappy Bird, has tweeted that he will “take Flappy Bird down” tomorrow at 12Noon EST approximately. Considering how much cash he had been earning on the in-game ads, this comes in as a surprise. Nguyen’s tweets indicated that all the attention he and the game had garnered recently, both positive and negative, had been taking its toll on him. He then also mentioned that the takedown has nothing to do with any legal problems he has …