Marvel Snap is presently down within the US following the Supreme Courtroom’s choice to uphold the choice to ban TikTok.
Marvel Snap and TikTok are two of a number of Byte Dance apps that had been taken offline within the US over the weekend.
TikTok’s father or mother firm had beforehand been ordered to dump a portion of the vastly widespread social networking app with the intention to proceed operations within the US.
Byte Dance refused to do that, and now all apps developed by the corporate, together with TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and Marvel Snap, are unavailable within the US.
“Sadly, Marvel Snap is quickly unavailable in U.S. app shops and is unavailable to play within the U.S,” wrote developer Second Dinner on X.
“This outage is a shock to us and wasn’t deliberate. 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 now we have extra to share.”
It’s unclear if there may be an exception within the TikTok ban permitting Byte Dance to function different apps within the territory. The ban is squarely focused at TikTok, which the US claims is a danger to nationwide safety, by way of offering person information to China.
Whereas some US customers are capable of entry the app by way of a VPN, as of Sunday, the app isn’t purposeful natively within the nation.
The ban comes regardless of a number of US representatives making accounts on the app and often posting within the lead-up to the 2024 election. A few of these identical representatives voted to uphold the ban, citing nationwide safety points.
The CEO of TkTok will attend the inauguration of President Trump this week.
Originally launched in October 2022 after a interval of beta testing, Marvel Snap acquired crucial acclaim and received various awards, together with Finest Cell Recreation at The Recreation Awards, the New York Recreation Awards, and the D.I.C.E. Awards.
