Flappy Bird is a 2013 bird flying game developed by Hanoi, Vietnam-based developer Dong Nguyen and published by .GEARS Studios, a small, independent game developer based in Vietnam. It was originally released in May 2013 for the iPhone 5, then updated for iOS6 and later in September 2013. In January 2014, it topped the free category of the American and Chinese iTunes App Stores and later on that month the UK App Store where it was touted as "the new Angry Birds". It ended January as the most downloaded App on the App Store. In early 2014, The Verge reported that the game was averaging around $50,000 a day from in game advertisements The objective of the game is to fly a bird (by tapping the screen) without hitting pipes. If a bird hits an obstacle then the game is over. Each time the bird flies through a set of pipes the player receives a point. It features Super Mario World-esque graphics, very basic mechanics and advertisements. The app was berated by the Huffington Post, which addr...