Marvel Snap is banned, similar to TikTok

The divest-or-ban legislation geared toward TikTok can be taking down different ByteDance-linked apps, together with the favored card sport Marvel Snap. The app out of the blue lower off entry Saturday evening, seemingly with out warning, shocking avid gamers who weren’t conscious of its connection to ByteDance.

The card sport battler set within the Marvel universe is developed by Second Dinner, which relies in California. However the sport is printed by Nuverse, an organization owned by ByteDance. Because of this, it’s topic to the identical shutdown order.

In a press release on X, Second Dinner known as the takedown a shock and stated, “Marvel Snap isn’t going anyplace. We’re actively engaged on getting the sport up as quickly as potential and can replace you as soon as we now have 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 gamers 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 out there proper now

A legislation banning Marvel Snap has been enacted within the U.S. Sadly, meaning you may’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 concerning the legislation’s impact, and many individuals might 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 rapidly disappeared from app shops together with TikTok, together with Lemon8 and CapCut. The impact on different ByteDance-linked apps is combined; nonetheless, it might take time to take away them. The Lark app that gives a Slack-like collaboration platform was out there initially however has now been eliminated, whereas different Nuverse-published video games, like Earth: Revival – Deep Underground and Ragnarok X: third Anniversary, are nonetheless out there within the App Retailer as of this writing, simply after midnight ET on the nineteenth.

Replace, January nineteenth: Famous studies that Marvel Snap PC gamers can’t log in and added a press release from sport developer Second Dinner.