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.

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 ...

Flappy Bird is a game that demands your full attention. Even though the entire game is just one-fingered tapping, this is not a game you can win on the bus, or absent-mindedly in line.

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.

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.

UPDATE: Flappy Bird is no longer available to download in the iOS App Store, or on Google Play. If you have previously downloaded it, you can still flap to your wings' content.

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.

“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.

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 ...