When TikTok was temporarily blocked in the US at the weekend, one of the unexpected knock-on effects was the simultaneous blocking of Marvel Snap, a CCG starring the usual gaggle of buoyant American superheroes. TikTok access was reinstated after 12 hours, but the game remained offline for another 12 hours.

The popular digital card game Marvel Snap was unexpectedly affected by a U.S. ban on TikTok. The game is back online now, but it might not stay that way. The original ban, part of a law called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,

The social media app TikTok was banned in the US today and, as it turns out, so was the popular online card game Marvel Snap.

Superhero card game Marvel Snap has been taken offline in the USA as part of the US government's ban-or-divest policy

Marvel Snap is back online in the U.S. following a brief absence in association with the TikTok ban. The popular card battle game created by California-based developer Second Dinner was temporarily pulled from American app stores on Jan.

Marvel Snap has now been banned in the US alongside TikTok, thanks to an association with the social media platform's parent company ByteDance, catching players off guard.

Marvel Snap,” a popular mobile card game published by ByteDance’s Nuverse games division, shut down gameplay over the weekend as the U.S. TikTok ban took effect.

The Marvel Comics digital game counts Nuverse as its publisher, which like TikTok is owned by the Chinese conglomerate ByteDance.

In a statement, developers Second Dinner and publisher Nuverse said the game was unexpectedly impacted by the takedown of TikTok on Saturday, Jan. 18.

Marvel Snap is back online, following its unexpected ban in the US. Over the weekend, the digital collectible card game was banned in the US alongside TikTok, due to its publisher Nuverse being owned by TikTok owner ByteDance.