Offended Birds writer Rovio has introduced it’s set to delist the enduring cell recreation as a result of it’s nonetheless too fashionable.
From tomorrow (February 23) Offended Birds will likely be eliminated fully from android app storefronts whereas the iOS model will likely be renamed Purple’s First Flight, in an obvious try to make it tougher to seek out.
Nonetheless, Offended Birds will stay playable on units on which the sport has been downloaded, even after it has been unlisted, confirmed the studio.
Offended Birds was first launched in 2009 earlier than being eliminated again in 2019. It then returned in April 2022 underneath the title Rovio Classics: Offended Birds.
A statement from Rovio reads: “We’ve reviewed the enterprise case of Rovio Classics: Offended Birds, and as a result of recreation’s impression on our wider video games portfolio, we now have determined that the title will likely be unlisted from the Google Play Retailer on Thursday, February 23. Moreover, the sport will likely be renamed to Purple’s First Flight within the App Retailer pending additional assessment.”
“We perceive that that is unhappy information for a lot of followers, in addition to the group that has labored laborious to make Rovio Classics: Offended Birds a actuality. We’re extraordinarily grateful to the followers who’ve proven their love of the model and this recreation from the start,” Rovio continued.
“We hope these followers can proceed to carry that keenness to our dwell Offended Birds slingshot video games equivalent to Offended Birds 2, Offended Birds Mates, and Offended Birds Journey, the place our objective on daily basis is to craft the very best expertise for gamers.”
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— Rovio (@Rovio) February 21, 2023
VGC experiences that the three video games talked about within the assertion that can stay out there to obtain all embrace micro-transactions, so ought to generate extra revenue in comparison with the unique model.
Talking on Discord, group supervisor Shawn Buckelew mentioned: “Because the assertion says, it’s negatively impacting our different video games, which is what we as an organization should give attention to. If these different video games don’t enhance and develop, then the outlook of your complete firm adjustments. It’s tougher to create new video games, or work on new tasks. I’m certain that’s not one thing you’ll need.”
Nonetheless many followers aren’t glad in regards to the transfer. “Think about delisting a basic recreation as a result of gamers choose it to your newer money grabs, and nonetheless having the nerve to assert that your objective is to craft the very best expertise for gamers,” wrote one Twitter consumer.
“Wow that is probably the most masks off I believe any firm has ever been. Simply straight up ‘yeah we’re not gonna promote this anymore as a result of we would like folks to play a shittier model stuffed with microtransactions’,” wrote a second whereas a 3rd added: “Gaming preservation ought to all the time matter.”
In different information, the director of Hogwarts Legacy has confirmed there are “no present plans” for future expansions.