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Dong Nguyen (Flappy Bird creator) No, I have no related with their game. I did not sell anything. I also don't support crypto. (x.com)
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[–] HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee 54 points 2 months ago (2 children)

some shady crypto group bought the rights to the name or something like that after the original creator had let their rights to it expire.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right. They’re planning to release a new version of the game with microtransactions and likely some crypto who knows what because they were able to snipe the trademark.