The divest-or-ban legislation aimed at TikTok can be taking down different ByteDance-linked apps, together with the favored card sport Marvel Snap. The app immediately reduce off entry Saturday night time, seemingly with out warning, shocking players who weren’t conscious of its connection to ByteDance.
The card game battler set in the Marvel universe is developed by Second Dinner, which is predicated in California. However the sport is revealed by Nuverse, an organization owned by ByteDance. In consequence, it’s topic to the identical shutdown order.
In a statement on X, Second Dinner referred to as the takedown a shock and mentioned, “Marvel Snap isn’t going anyplace. We’re actively engaged on getting the sport up as quickly as attainable and can replace you as soon as we have now extra to share.”
Simply earlier than the calendar turned over to January nineteenth, 2025, the sport disappeared from the App Retailer for iPad and iPhone gamers and from Google Play for gamers on Android. For gamers on PC, the sport continues to be listed in Steam in the intervening time, however many players are reporting they had been signed out and might’t signal again in.
An in-game message now tells gamers:
Sorry, Marvel Snap isn’t accessible proper now
A legislation banning Marvel Snap has been enacted within the U.S. Sadly, meaning you’ll be able to’t use Marvel Snap for now. Relaxation assured, we’re working to revive our service within the U.S. Please keep tuned!
Oddly, not like TikTok, it doesn’t seem that gamers got a lot warning in regards to the legislation’s impact, and many individuals could not have realized it was even linked to ByteDance, together with individuals who had been nonetheless spending cash on in-game objects anticipating to have the ability to hold enjoying it.
Different ByDance apps shortly disappeared from app shops together with TikTok, together with Lemon8 and CapCut. The impact on different ByteDance-linked apps is blended; nevertheless, it might take time to take away them. The Lark app that provides a Slack-like collaboration platform was accessible initially however has now been eliminated, whereas different Nuverse-published video games, like Earth: Revival – Deep Underground and Ragnarok X: 3rd Anniversary, are nonetheless accessible within the App Retailer as of this writing, simply after midnight ET on the nineteenth.
Replace, January nineteenth: Famous stories that Marvel Snap PC gamers can’t log in and added a statement from sport developer Second Dinner.
