Following a report that Marvel Snap writer Nuverse is being wound down by dad or mum firm ByteDance as a part of a whole withdrawal from the videogame enterprise, developer Second Dinner says the sport “will proceed to function and flourish” into the long run.
Issues about the way forward for Marvel Snap adopted a Reuters report citing a number of sources saying ByteDance, finest often called the dad or mum of short-form video platform TikTok, has determined to tug out of the sport enterprise totally. Work on unreleased initiatives is being halted, in accordance with the report, and ByteDance is seeking to promote its launched video games to different firms. A ByteDance consultant confirmed that the corporate is restructuring its gaming enterprise, however offered no additional particulars.
“We commonly evaluation our companies and make changes to centre on long-term strategic progress areas,” the rep stated. “Following a current evaluation, we have made the troublesome choice to restructure our gaming enterprise.”
Not lengthy after that report, Second Dinner, a studio based in 2018 by former Hearthstone director Ben Brode, posted a message on Twitter reassuring gamers that each one is nicely.
“A few of our gamers have expressed their considerations concerning reported structural modifications at Nuverse,” the studio wrote. “We want to thanks to your concern and guarantee you that no matter any modifications at Nuverse, Snap will proceed to function and flourish sooner or later!”
Marvel Snap is Nuverse’s best-known recreation, and regardless of some shortcomings we preferred it rather a lot. It is also just lately revealed an “open-world excessive fantasy RPG” for PC referred to as Dragonheir: Silent Gods, together with a handful of cellular video games. None of them have made an impression akin to Marvel Snap: Dragonheir holds a “combined” person ranking on Steam, whereas cellular gaming website Pocket Ways described the 2021 launch Warhammer 40,000: Misplaced Campaign unflatteringly as “grind for the grind god.”
ByteDance made no point out of doable job cuts on account of the closure of Nuverse, however a separate TechCrunch report says “mass layoffs” are already underway. Nuverse had grown to roughly 3,000 staff as of 2021. ByteDance additionally just lately lower a lot of the content material staff at VR firm Pico, though it stated in October that it stays dedicated to VR and “will proceed to spend money on the prolonged actuality (XR) enterprise over the long run.”