How to Deal With Flappy Bird's Demise Nguyen Ha Dong, the author of the game Flappy Bird, relaxes inside a coffee shop in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 5, 2014.

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 stores, saying that the success of the game is something he ...

“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.

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 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, the infuriating mobile game, is set to make a return later this year. The game grew to tremendous popularity with over 100 million people playing it, but in 2014 original developer ...

I am sorry 'Flappy Bird' users, 22 hours from now, I will take 'Flappy Bird' down. I cannot take this anymore. — Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) February 8, 2014 It is not anything related to legal issues.

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.

Just when Flappy Bird 's popularity began to peak, rumblings cropped up on Twitter. Nguyen's tweets between Feb. 4 and 8 show a downward spiral: Press people are overrating the success of my games.

Flappy Bird features a flying bird players navigate between pipes by tapping the touchscreen to keep it airborne. The game was known for being especially difficult compared to most mobile titles.

Flappy Bird is a perversely, oppressively difficult game. Scoring even a single point takes most players a considerable number of runs. After an hour, I’d managed a high score of two.

The ascent of Flappy Bird peaked this week, as the game surged to the top of Apple's App Store and Google Play. The game featured a small bird that players flew between green pipes, tapping the ...