Fall Out Boy to release 'Fall Out Bird' 2.0, with new gameplay and more

March 19, 2014

Fall Out Boy have announced that their recent foray into mobile gaming, Fall Out Bird, will soon receive a 2.0 update, which is set to include “new gameplay, new hazards, and much more!”

An homage to the game Flappy Bird, which was pulled last month by its creator after becoming a runaway success, Fall Out Bird debuted in February, and is available on iOS, Android, and Windows Phone platforms. Its most recent update, 1.1, brought additional songs to the game, pulling from Fall Out Boy's lengthy catalog.

Check out a series of screenshots below, which reveal a new “Storm!” mode, and microphones in place of the game's current guitar obstacles:

Though this might simply be a logical update, as Fall Out Boy themselves were quick to admit that the game was initially developed in a hurry, news of Fall Out Bird 2.0 comes just one week after Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen opened up to Rolling Stone in a rare interview, where he revealed that he was considering bringing the original game back to market. If this were to happen, Fall Out Bird, along with countless other Flappy Bird knockoffs that have since been released, would need to differentiate itself in some way to offer an alternative experience to players in order to keep them hooked.

Fall Out Boy are currently winding down a tour of Europe, and, in the coming months, will head to South America before kicking off a summer co-headlining tour with Paramore. Here's a full list of dates:

March 20 – Wembley Arena – London, England ^#
March 21 – Metro FM Arena – Newcastle, England ^#
March 22 – The SSE Hydro – Glasgow, Scotland ^#
May 23 – Estadio Malvinas – Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 24 – Centro de Eventos Chimkowe – Santiago, Chile
June 14 – Download Festival – Donington Park, UK
June 15 – Isle of Wight Festival – Isle of Wight, UK
June 19 – Xfinity Theatre – Hartford, CT #@
June 21 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre – Wantagh, NY #@
June 22 – Xfinity Center – Mansfield, MA #@
June 24 – Saratoga PAC – Saratoga Springs, NY #@
June 25 – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON #@
June 27 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ #@
June 28 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ #@
June 30 – Bank of NH Pavilion – Gilford, NH #@
July 2 – Darien Lake PAC – Buffalo, NY #@
July 3 – First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, PA #@
July 6 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – St. Louis, MO #@
July 8 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Detroit, MI #@
July 9 – Klipsch Music Center – Indianapolis, IN #@
July 11 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Chicago, IL #@
July 12 – Bunbury Fest – Cincinnati, OH #@
July 13 – The Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel – Nashville, TN #
July 18 – Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD #@
July 19 – Hershey Park Pavilion – Hershey, PA #@
July 22 – Walnut Creek Amphitheatre – Raleigh, NC #@
July 23 – PNC Music Pavilion – Charlotte, NC #@
July 25 – Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL #@
July 26 – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL #@
July 27 – St. Augustine Amphitheatre – St. Augustine, FL #
July 29 – Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach – Virginia Beach, VA #@
July 30 – Aaron’s Amphitheatre @ Lakewood – Atlanta, GA #@
Aug 1 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Houston, TX #@
Aug 2 – Austin360 Amphitheater – Austin, TX #@
Aug 4 – Concrete Street Amphitheater – Corpus Christi, TX #@
Aug 5 – Gexa Energy Pavilion – Dallas, TX #@
Aug 7 – Isleta Amphitheater – Albuquerque, NM #@
Aug 8 – Ak-Chin Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ #@
Aug 10 – Zoo Amphitheatre – Oklahoma City, OK #@
Aug 12 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Denver, CO #@
Aug 13 – UCCU Center – Orem, UT #@
Aug 15 – Cosmopolitan – Las Vegas, NV #
Aug 16 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Irvine, CA #@
Aug 17 – Sleep Train Pavilion – Concord, CA #@