Second Dinner, the developer behind the popular mobile game Marvel Snap, has severed ties with its former publisher, Nuverse. The studio announced a new partnership with US-based publisher Skystone Games via its official Twitter account. This move follows the recent removal of Marvel Snap from app stores, a consequence of the events surrounding ByteDance's TikTok and the subsequent US government actions.
The fallout from the TikTok ban has significantly impacted several titles published by Nuverse and other ByteDance subsidiaries, including Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and Marvel Snap. ByteDance's actions, initially perceived as a strategic maneuver to protect TikTok, resulted in the unexpected removal of these games, leaving developers like Second Dinner scrambling to restore service. Second Dinner reported not receiving prior notification of Marvel Snap's removal and spent weeks working to rectify the situation.
The fallout from this situation is significant. Second Dinner's decision to part ways with Nuverse is unsurprising given the disruptive and unexpected nature of the app store removal. The swiftness of this change suggests considerable internal turmoil and fallout within Nuverse resulting from the incident.
While the geopolitical implications are noteworthy, the more pressing question is whether ByteDance's aggressive tactics to safeguard TikTok have inadvertently undermined its ambitious gaming division. Second Dinner's actions certainly suggest this is a possibility.
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