Ben Brode, the charismatic former boss of Blizzard’s card battler Hearthstone, has finally revealed his new project. It’s called Marvel Snap, and is a new multiplayer collectible card game filled with comic book characters.
Brode quit Blizzard back in 2018, after more than 15 years at the company, and before its more recent troubles became public. Alongside others who had worked with him to launch Hearthstone, Brode went on to found his own studio, Second Dinner, which has been working on Marvel Snap ever since with Chinese outfit Nuverse, the gaming arm of TikTok owner Bytedance.
Snap’s focus is on short, unique matches which “cut out the fluff” and last around three minutes total. Player decks are smaller – 15 cards or fewer – and both players act simultaneously, rather than waiting for the other person to finish.
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