Marvel Snap is also banned along with TikTok

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SUMMARY

  • Marvel Snap has been pulled from the US mobile app store.

  • Although it was developed by Second Dinner in California, the popular mobile game is published by Nuverse, a subsidiary of TikTok owner ByteDance.

  • TikTok and Marvel Snap were removed from the mobile app store due to the new law that took effect on January 19. Second Dinner suggests that the game will return to the US ASAP.

Marvel Snap banned in the United States. The popular game has been removed from the mobile app store due to laws similar to TikTok bans in the state.

On January 19, a law called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act — designated HR7521 — went into effect. This section of the law prohibits the distribution and maintenance of applications submitted by companies originating from countries that Washington considers its enemies, especially China. As President-elect Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated the day after January 20, the Biden administration has said it will leave implementation of HR7521 to his successor. However, after the Supreme Court upheld the ban on TikTok, China-based ByteDance's popular social media platform was removed from Google and Apple's App Store on January 18. there.

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The millions of people who use TikTok in the United States do not have access to the hugely popular app.

Around the same time, the famous mobile CCG Marvel Snap has also been removed from the Google Play Store and iOS App Store in the United States, although developed by Irvine, California-based Second Dinner, Marvel Snap is published by Nuverse, a subsidiary of ByteDance. This connection brought it under the jurisdiction of HR7521, causing it to be removed from stateside app stores. Second Food acknowledged the ban in a post on social media, but characterized it as a temporary setback. “We are actively working on building the game as soon as possible and will update you when we have more to share,” a company spokesperson wrote on Twitter.

Second Dinner and the Nuverse are blindsided by the Marvel Snap Ban

A similar message, reviewed by Game Rant, was posted on the game's official Discord server. There, a representative of Second Food wrote that the ban was a “surprise” for the creators and Nuverse, suggesting that Marvel SnapIt is a decision by Google and Apple, or directly by ByteDance, to remove the US from the US mobile app store. This would explain why Second Dinner or Nuverse didn't say anything about the possibility of the game being banned in the days leading up to its removal.

We are actively working on building the game as soon as possible and will update you when we have something to share.

Marvel Snap players were not happy with the American ban on the game

While the ban may have hindered game developers and publishers, Marvel Snap Players are not happy with this turn of events, and many of them have already expressed their displeasure on Discord and social media. Some fans are already pressing Second Dinner to return all the money they spent on the game, saying they would never have done it if they had known. Marvel Snap will become unplayable just two years after its release at the end of 2022.

Since Second Dinner seems to believe that this removal will be temporary, it is unlikely that it will focus on providing mass refunds to customers in the states anytime soon. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew recently thanked President-elect Trump for his willingness to work on a solution to keep the social media app in the United States, noting that the incoming administration could “save TikTok.” “, something the 47th president promised to do. the campaign trail in mid-2024. Meanwhile, it looks like American players can still pull Marvel Snap on Steam until morning ET on January 19th.

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