developer Dong Nguyen has announced that the chart-topping game will be removed from the App Store in less than 22 hours. In a series of tweets made just minutes ago, Nguyen stated that this move is not due to legal issues, but rather because he “just cannot keep it anymore.†Take a look for yourself…
Nguyen also made clear on Twitter that he wasn’t interested in selling the game to a third party, and that despite this decision, he will keep making games. It’s unclear at this time if the developer will also pull his other games from the App Store, including Super Ball Juggling which currently ranks #5.
What makes this move interesting is that Flappy Bird had just received an update yesterday with new birds, bug fixes and some user interface improvements. But the sudden decision for Nguyen to pull the arcade game from the App Store may be related to a tweet he made just four days ago, in which he vented his frustration about the media overhyping the title much to his chagrin.
