Summary
Marvel Snapis offering compensation rewards to account for its period of unavailability across the United States due to a brief shutdown period earlier this month. While the rewards package offered byMarvel Snapwill be available to players across the world, players in the United States will have access to extra rewards.
Nuverse, the publisher for Marvel’s PC and mobile-based card battler, is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese-owned company that also owns the video-based social media platform TikTok and has become a focal point in U.S. politics over the past several months. In the spring of 2024, the U.S. Congress approved the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which listed ByteDance by name as one of said adversaries. On January 19, theban onMarvel Snapcaused the game to become unavailable to all players in the United States.
However, the action against ByteDance has been temporarily stayed, and as of last week,Marvel Snaphas returnedto the U.S. market. In a recent Twitter article, developer Second Dinner expressed a need to make amends for the timed rewards, contents, and missions that have been disrupted by the outage. This culminates in all U.S.-based players who had logged in within 30 days of the outage’s start date receiving one of two different US Downtime Packages, depending on whether their Collection Level exceeds 500. Rewards for those over 500 include two Spotlight Keys, 4,150 Credits, 6,200 Collector’s Tokens, five Gold Conquest Tickets, three Infinite Conquest Tickets, 4,000 Conquest Medals, and three Cosmic Gold Borders. Under-500 players receive six Mystery Series 3 Cards, 7150 Credits, and three Cosmic Gold Borders. Both versions of this package also contain 1,000 Gold, a Mystery Variant, six Premium Mystery Variants, a Cosmic Red Border, and 155 x5 Random Boosters.
Over Collection Level 500
Under Collection Level 500
Players outside the United States are also eligible for rewards under the sameMarvel SnapCollection Leveland login-period parameters. Those above Collection Level 500 can claim two Spotlight Keys, 3,000 Collector’s Tokens, and 1,500 Credits, while those under Collection Level 500 get six Mystery Series 3 Cards and 3,000 Credits. Both of these packages also contain a Mystery Variant, a Premium Mystery Variant, a Cosmic Gold Border, a Cosmic Red Border, and 155 x3 Random Boosters.
Marvel Snapis also taking steps to ensure that no further legal-based interruptions in service occur. According to the article on Twitter, the development team is working to bring more of its development services in-house and is trying to find a new publisher to distance itself fromTikTok’s parent company.
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MARVEL SNAP is a fast-paced, award-winning collectible card game with innovative mechanics that has been called “accessible, and utterly brilliant” and “one of the best card games” today.Build your deck of 12 cards. Each Card represents a Marvel Super Hero or Villain, each with a unique power or ability. The goal of the game is to outsmart and outwit your opponent. Learning how to play only takes a few minutes, and matches only takes 3 minutes.The game is designed so that every match feels different. Play your cards at 50+ different locations across the Marvel Universe, each with iconic game-changing abilities. From Asgard to Wakanda, new locations are introduced regularly to put your creative problem-solving skills to the test.Every player begins with a Free Starter Deck that helps you get started. From there, you can earn new cards to add to your collection simply by playing and mastering the game.Unlike other games in the Collectible Card Game Genre, there are no card packs in MARVEL SNAP. You can Play More to Earn More.
