Plus, if you got mad every time you lost, you would pretty much be mad all the time. The game has been online for less than a month, but Cirulli says four million people have already played it some 42 ...

2048 took the web by storm when it debuted last month. Created by 19-year-old Italian web developer Gabriele Cirulli, the sliding numbers game challenges you to combine tiles and build a tile with the ...

A numeric puzzle named 2048 has become one of the most talked about mobile games as the web-based puzzle goes viral around the world. An Italian teenage web developer has hit upon the next big thing ...

'2048' was released as free open source software in 2014 by Italian Gabriele Cirulli, who was 19 years old at the time, and became a hot topic for its highly addictive nature. In October 2024, to ...

Travis Kalanick's latest obsession is the puzzle game "2048." A new piece out Thursday from Bloomberg details Kalanick's final few months as Uber CEO and what he's been up to after being pushed out of ...

How long does it take to create a hit video game these days? Just about one weekend, if you ask the creator of popular puzzle game “2048.” Gabriele Cirulli, an Italian Web developer, said he was able ...

Between Candy Crush Saga, the anticipated return of Flappy Bird, and Threes, it seems safe to say that society doesn't need another game to help pass the time. Alas, a new number-crunching puzzle game ...

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"2048" (center) was inspired by the game "1024" (right), which was also a clone of the game "Threes!" (left) Photo Illustration/IBTimes Step aside, “Flappy Bird.” There’s a new game in town, and it ...

Like Bejeweled, Candy Crush, and countless puzzle games before it, 2048 has eaten up hours, days, weeks of our lives. It's not just about sliding numbered blocks into simple sums. Each 2048 session is ...