Flappy Bird, which entails guiding a cartoon bird through green pipes, had been downloaded more than 50 million times before Nguyen pulled it from app stores in February. How to Deal With Flappy ...

There are plenty of alternatives to the popular app. Feb. 11, 2014— -- On Feb. 8, Dong Nguyen announced that he would be removing his hit game Flappy Bird from both the iOS and Android app ...

“Flappy Bird” launched in May, but it did not gain traction until November. The game has now been downloaded more than 10 million times on Android devices alone. Advertisement.

Yesterday, the developer behind Flappy Bird said he would be removing the remarkably/mysteriously successful game from the App Store in just 22 hours. Sure enough, the game appears to be gone.

Flappy Bird doesn’t have anything like the same game play as Super Mario, it’s far simpler – all you have to is keep tapping on your screen to keep a little bird afloat and help it fly past ...

Flappy Bird features a small bird that users must propel through a series of tubes by tapping on the screen. If the bird touches any surface, it dies and the game ends.

If Flappy Bird does return, Nguyen tells the magazine it will warn users to "take a break." Follow Brett Molina on Twitter: @bam923. Featured Weekly Ad.

Flappy Bird set the bar (or rather pipes, placed randomly) for mobile game simplicity. Between that and its bizarrely high level of difficulty, it created a devilish blend of game-playing ...

The Flappy Bird comeback announced earlier this month seemed a little unfortunate beneath the surface. "A new team of passionate fans committed to sharing the game with the world" sounds innocuous ...

Flappy Bird has been grounded. The game's creator kept his word and pulled down the mobile hit on Sunday, ending a short but incredible climb up the charts on Apple's App Store and Google Play ...

I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I cannot take this anymore. True to his word, on Feb. 9 the game was gone.

Flappy Bird is back!Watch on YouTube. The game's return is thanks to the Flappy Bird Foundation, a team of fans "committed to sharing the game with the world".