The popular mobile game “Flappy Bird” Could Return in 2024 after a decade-long hiatus, but there are signs that it is actually a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. The relaunch announcement was made on Thursday by a group of alleged fans of the game, sparking both excitement and skepticism.
Investigations conducted by Varun Biniwale (a cybersecurity expert) have revealed hidden pages onFlappy Bird’s website with numerous references to Web 3, microtransactions, and the Solana cryptocurrency.
The Flappy Bird trademark has changed hands several times although its creator appears to have never relinquished the license.
Biniwale also discovered ua playable version with a leaderboard full of names cryptocurrency-related user accounts and references to a token called $FLAP.
The original creator of Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen, had removed the game in 2014 because it was generating an unhealthy addiction in users. However, he does not appear to have sold the trademark, although he never seems to have cared about the numerous copies made by other developers (one of which you can download it for free on Amazon).
According to court documents, the company Gametech Holdings obtained the trademark in September 2023 claiming it had been abandoned. He later sold it to the Flappy Bird Foundation, led by game designer Michael Roberts.
Roberts heads 1208 Productions, a studio that calls itself “pioneer in Web 3 space” and owns his own NFT brand called “Deez.” These ties suggest that the return of Flappy Bird could be very different from the simple mobile game of 2013instead turning towards the world of cryptocurrencies.
The story raises several questions about the transformation of a franchise of this magnitude, especially if behind the tale of “wanting to make it available to everyone again”there is a project linked to cryptocurrencies and blockchain, a trend that is gaining ground, especially in the mobile gaming industry, despite the doubts of many traditional players.
Source: www.tomshw.it
