And the trademarks were sleazily grabbed from the original creator :/
And the trademarks were sleazily grabbed from the original creator :/
It’s almost baffling to think we still have mysteries like this so long after the game’s (apparently aborted) release, but it’s really cool to read along with the investigation!
It’s an especially fun claim in light of events like the Prague Spring and re-invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Soviets formed a military alliance whose only military action was to actually invade and crush one of its own members!
Ah understood!
I think this news only affects Humble Games but not Humble Bundle, confusingly they are separate but semi-related businesses these days.
It sounds like you’re referring to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party of WWII infamy. People are probably going to assume something else, FYI.
No, the article plainly states what’s going on.
How many Indies have partnered with Sony Music? Is that common?
I suspect you weren’t the only one to be surprised by that!
Yay!
I get those two confused all the time too
Unfortunately multiple sources seem to agree Dong Nguyen has no involvement, which is consistent with the way he originally shut down Flappy Bird due to people spending too much time on it :(
“The Flappy Bird Foundation said it has acquired the official Flappy Bird trademark from Gametech Holdings LLC, a U.S. company that appears to have wrestled the trademark from Nguyen, as well as the rights for the original game and character from Piou Piou vs. Cactus, the mobile game that supposedly originally inspired the Flappy Bird character.”
https://www.ign.com/articles/10-years-after-it-was-pulled-offline-viral-mobile-game-flappy-bird-is-coming-back