Final week Marvel Snap went offline throughout the US’ short-lived TikTok ban. The superhero CCG was swept up within the diplomatic spat resulting from its writer Nuverse, which is a subsidiary of TikTok proprietor Bytedance. On the time, Marvel Snap studio Second Dinner indicated it could transfer away from Nuverse, and it appears like that is already occurring.
In an X publish revealed as we speak, Second Dinner introduced it will likely be dealing with most “operational and publishing” duties in-house with the help of Skystone Video games, a small US-based writer based in 2020 by former Blizzard luminary David Brevik.
“To make sure this by no means occurs once more, and with the assistance of our present writer Nuverse (Thanks!), we have already signed agreements and began the work to deliver virtually all operational and publishing tasks in-house at Second Dinner with help from a brand new U.S.-based writer, Skystone Video games,” Second Dinner posted. “This has been a full-team effort between Second Dinner, Nuverse, Skystone and Marvel. Thanks once more for all your help—we’re enthusiastic about what’s forward for Marvel Snap!”
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Marvel Snap is again on-line after falling afoul of TikTok’s short-term ban, and unsurprisingly, its creators are on the seek for a brand new writer
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Replace: Marvel Snap needs to be ‘totally restored within the subsequent 12 hours’ after it grew to become surprising collateral within the short-lived TikTok ban
If Skystone Video games is not in your radar, do not feel unhealthy: since 2020 they’ve revealed some cool trying video games—together with the current Tyrant’s Realm, and Brevik’s personal It Lurks Beneath—however Marvel Snap has a dramatically bigger profile than something of their catalogue.
Whereas TikTok was solely blocked within the US for 12 hours, Marvel Snap remained offline on PC for twenty-four hours. Worse, its App Retailer equal was offline for a complete week, solely re-emerging on January 27.
Naturally, the sport’s unscheduled downtime led many gamers to demand compensatory free stuff. When you’re based mostly within the US and really feel outraged that the sport has been offline, particulars on all of the free stuff you may get (together with XP, Highlight Keys and extra) are right here.
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