{"id":1915899,"date":"2026-05-03T18:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1915899"},"modified":"2026-05-03T18:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:40:45","slug":"marvel-snap-studio-insists-this-is-us-making-hard-decisions-to-keep-going-not-a-sign-were-winding-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1915899","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Snap studio insists: &#8220;This is us making hard decisions to keep going, not a sign we&#8217;re winding down&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-snap\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Marvel Snap<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Marvel Snap studio insists: &#8220;This is us making hard decisions to keep going, not a sign we&#8217;re winding down&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;We&#8217;re still here, still building, still committed to this game and to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/MarvelSnap_2023_S18_KA_V08.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Marvel Snap promo image\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"MarvelSnap_2023_S18_KA_V08.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nuverse<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-03T18:40:45+00:00\">May 3, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"10278cee-5433-41ab-aaf3-077d21f853a0\" data-name=\"Marvel Snap\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Marvel Snap\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvel Snap\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Marvel Snap\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvel Snap\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Marvel Snap\" title=\"Follow Marvel Snap\"><br \/>\n  Follow Marvel Snap<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-snap\">Marvel Snap<\/a> developer Second Dinner has assured fans &#8220;we&#8217;re still here&#8221; after high-profile exits triggered fears about the game&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing players via its Discord community, co-founder Ben Brode admitted that at the end of the week, the studio had &#8220;said goodbye to a few members of our team yesterday, including our awesome community manager&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Marvel Snap - Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer and Announcement\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BlqRElkfvNc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/BlqRElkfvNc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Marvel Snap &#8211; Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer and Announcement<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Marvel Snap &#8211; Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer and Announcement.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BlqRElkfvNc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Questions about the studio&#8217;s future began to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MarvelSnap\/comments\/1t13tf0\/should_we_be_worried\/\">circulate<\/a> when former community manager, Griffin Bennett, took to X\/Twitter to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GriffinWB\/status\/2049940150655070678\">announce<\/a>, &#8220;like so many others in this industry, it&#8217;s my time once again to share the sad news that I&#8217;ve been laid off from Second Dinner and Marvel Snap&#8221;. Designer Glenn Jones has also recently left the studio.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Later that same day, Brode confirmed the layoffs, writing: &#8220;You know how much he cared about this community, and we&#8217;re going to miss him. We know many of you will, too. These decisions were painful to make and say nothing about the quality of the people leaving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For those of you concerned about Snap, we&#8217;re still here, still building, still committed to this game and to you,&#8221; Brode added (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/marvel-snap-dev-says-painful-layoffs-needed-to-make-sure-we-can-keep-going-2000692674\">Kotaku<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" data-embed-height=\"740\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MarvelSnap\/comments\/1t13tf0\/should_we_be_worried\/\">Should we be worried<\/a><br \/> by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/christodanger\/\">u\/christodanger<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MarvelSnap\/\">MarvelSnap<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/marvelsnapzone.com\/future-of-marvel-snap-roadmap-announcement\/\">The roadmap we shared in March<\/a> remains the same. This is us making hard decisions to make sure we can keep going, not a sign that we&#8217;re winding down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-snap-gets-surprise-us-suspension-as-stateside-tiktok-ban-takes-effect\">Marvel Snap went offline in the US for over 24 hours<\/a> last year and was pulled from app stores in the country as a result of Nuverse&#8217;s parent company being ByteDance &#8211; the Chinese owner of social media app TikTok &#8211; leading to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-tiktok-us-president-says\">ban in the US<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After its triumphant return, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-snap-reveals-staggering-compensation-to-all-players-after-tiktok-ban-unexpectedly-took-it-offline\">Second Dinner announced an enormous package of in-game rewards as an apology<\/a> to players, and pledged to find a new publisher &#8220;to make sure this never happens again&#8221;, which it did, teaming up with Skystone Games last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-snap\">Marvel Snap<\/a> developer Second Dinner has assured fans &#8220;we&#8217;re still here&#8221; after high-profile exits triggered fears about the game&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing players via its Discord community, co-founder Ben Brode admitted that at the end of the week, the studio had &#8220;said goodbye to a few members of our team yesterday, including our awesome community manager&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Marvel Snap - Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer and Announcement\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BlqRElkfvNc?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/BlqRElkfvNc\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Marvel Snap &#8211; Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer and Announcement<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Marvel Snap &#8211; Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer and Announcement.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BlqRElkfvNc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Questions about the studio&#8217;s future began to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MarvelSnap\/comments\/1t13tf0\/should_we_be_worried\/\">circulate<\/a> when former community manager, Griffin Bennett, took to X\/Twitter to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GriffinWB\/status\/2049940150655070678\">announce<\/a>, &#8220;like so many others in this industry, it&#8217;s my time once again to share the sad news that I&#8217;ve been laid off from Second Dinner and Marvel Snap&#8221;. Designer Glenn Jones has also recently left the studio.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Later that same day, Brode confirmed the layoffs, writing: &#8220;You know how much he cared about this community, and we&#8217;re going to miss him. We know many of you will, too. These decisions were painful to make and say nothing about the quality of the people leaving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For those of you concerned about Snap, we&#8217;re still here, still building, still committed to this game and to you,&#8221; Brode added (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/marvel-snap-dev-says-painful-layoffs-needed-to-make-sure-we-can-keep-going-2000692674\">Kotaku<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" data-embed-height=\"740\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MarvelSnap\/comments\/1t13tf0\/should_we_be_worried\/\">Should we be worried<\/a><br \/> by<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/christodanger\/\">u\/christodanger<\/a> in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MarvelSnap\/\">MarvelSnap<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/marvelsnapzone.com\/future-of-marvel-snap-roadmap-announcement\/\">The roadmap we shared in March<\/a> remains the same. This is us making hard decisions to make sure we can keep going, not a sign that we&#8217;re winding down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-snap-gets-surprise-us-suspension-as-stateside-tiktok-ban-takes-effect\">Marvel Snap went offline in the US for over 24 hours<\/a> last year and was pulled from app stores in the country as a result of Nuverse&#8217;s parent company being ByteDance &#8211; the Chinese owner of social media app TikTok &#8211; leading to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-tiktok-us-president-says\">ban in the US<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After its triumphant return, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-snap-reveals-staggering-compensation-to-all-players-after-tiktok-ban-unexpectedly-took-it-offline\">Second Dinner announced an enormous package of in-game rewards as an apology<\/a> to players, and pledged to find a new publisher &#8220;to make sure this never happens again&#8221;, which it did, teaming up with Skystone Games last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Marvel Snap Marvel Snap studio insists: &#8220;This is us making hard decisions to keep going, not a sign we&#8217;re winding down&#8221; &#8220;We&#8217;re still here, still building, still committed to this game and to you.&#8221; Image credit: Nuverse News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on May 3, 2026 Follow Marvel Snap Marvel Snap developer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-1915899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1915899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1915899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1915899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1915899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}