Marvel Snap just went through the most bizarre period in its history, where it got caught up in Bytedance’s conflict with the US government which led to it briefly taking TikTok offline.

Put down your web-shooters and retract your claws: “Marvel Snap,” a popular mobile card battler game in which players assemble teams of superheroes to fight each other, went dark this weekend.

Second Dinner, the U.S.-based developer of Marvel Snap, said in a statement that it was a “surprise” that the game had gotten caught in the net of the TikTok shutdown. But since the game is ...