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All focus was on TikTok in the last week<\/a>, as the company prepared to \u2014 and eventually did<\/a> \u2014 shut down its video-sharing app to adhere to a national security law explicitly aimed at the ByteDance-owned company. But the the U.S. action has resulted in a broader ripple effect. Marvel Snap<\/em> players discovered on Saturday night that the card-battler game had also gone dark and been removed from Apple and Google app stores at the same time as TikTok. The game continues to be down, as well as several others with connections to ByteDance.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued by Second Dinner, the studio behind Snap<\/em>, the game getting caught in the net of the TikTok shutdown was a complete surprise. But since the game is published by Nuverse, a subsidiary of ByteDance, the app was held to the same complicated standards as TikTok. Second Dinner was quick to promise that Snap <\/em>\u201cisn\u2019t going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, MARVEL SNAP is temporarily unavailable in U.S. app stores and is unavailable to play in the U.S.<\/p>\n

In a surprise to Second Dinner and our publisher Nuverse, MARVEL SNAP was affected by the takedown of TikTok late on Saturday, January 18th.<\/p>\n

MARVEL SNAP isn\u2019t going\u2026<\/p>\n

— Second Dinner (@seconddinner) January 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The move also came as a surprise to fans, who received no warning that the game would shut down in compliance with the law. But at least they made some good posts about it.<\/p>\n

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According to users who are also hitting a wall and unable to access or download games, the ban has affected other Nuverse titles like Land of Empires: Immortal<\/em>, Land of Empires: Dice Hero<\/em>, and Mission EVO<\/em>. Games from the ByteDance-owned Moonton were also affected by the law, including Mobile Legends: Bang Bang<\/em>, Mobile Legends: Adventure, Watcher of Realms<\/em>, <\/em>and One Punch Man: The Strongest<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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All focus was on TikTok in the last week, as the company prepared to \u2014 and eventually did \u2014 shut down its video-sharing app to adhere to a national security law explicitly aimed at the ByteDance-owned company. But the the U.S. action has resulted in a broader ripple effect. Marvel Snap players discovered on Saturday night that the card-battler game had also gone dark and been removed from Apple and Google app stores at the same time as TikTok. The game continues to be down, as well as several others with connections to ByteDance. In a statement issued by Second Dinner, the studio behind Snap, the game getting caught in the net of the TikTok shutdown was a complete surprise. But since the game is…<\/p>\n

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