The original Flappy Bird launched in May 2013 for iOS and January 2014 for Android, but was removed from both Google Play and the App Store on February 10, 2014, after its creator, Vietnamese game ...

At its core, Flappy Bird is a simple game. You poke the screen to make the bird flap. You try not to bump into the pipes. You see how far you can get before inevitably crashing into said pipes.

Flappy Bird is returning to iOS and Android devices next year after being pulled from the App Store and Google Play by its developer, Dong Nguyen, in 2014 for being too addictive for users.