The developers of the popular digital card game have announced that it is currently unplayable in the U.S., in an outage that they have described as "." The unexpected suspension follows the enforcement of a ban on apps associated with ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind the social video platform TikTok.
According to various users online, is inaccessible to players who have already downloaded the game, and it is currently unavailable in all app stores.
The ban extends to other ByteDance-owned apps, following the widely reported US law which banned TikTok. Games such as, and other ByteDance and Nuverse titles have all been affected by this ban. The developers of, Second Dinner, <a href=«https://x.com/seconddinner/status/1880861537981944300?ref_src=» https: rel=«noopener noreferrer» target="_blank">posted an announcement on X claiming that the suspension "" and reassuring fans that "." The US government has recently enacted a ban that targeted apps owned by ByteDance, which they have cited as being due to national security concerns. is a subsidiary of ByteDance, as the app was developed by Second Dinner in partnership with Nuverse, with the latter's parent organization being the focus of the nationwide ban. 's award-winning card game saw its services pulled in the early hours of 19 January, along with a variety of other apps and games with connections to ByteDance. Unusually, it seems that Second Dinner was unaware that would be suspended, but they have stressed that its unavailability is temporary and are actively working on making it available through Android, iOS, and Windows in the US once again. The independent California-based studio's title left US fans in confusion at its suspension, with the statement providing needed clarity to its players.
unexpected suspension highlights the complexities when digital entertainment collides with geopolitics.Fans have called for its return to their devices soon, with confusion over how the personal information of