The Game Awards: 2022’s Best Mobile Game is a Marvel one – Times of India

A Marvel game has been chosen as 2022’s Best Mobile Game of the Year at The Game Awards. It’s the recently launched superhero card battler Marvel Snap. In the race to win the best mobile game were four other titles: Apex Legends Mobile, Diablo Immortal, Genshin Impact and Tower of Fantasy.
If you are clueless about Marvel Snap, then let’s give you a bit of an idea. Marvel Snap is a free-to-play PvP collectible card game for mobile and PC that lets you assemble a team of Marvel superheroes and villains and play against others.
The game is developed by Second Dinner, a new, independent game studio founded by ex-Hearthstone director Ben Brode, in collaboration with Marvel Entertainment and is published by Nuverse, a Bytedance-owned game publishing company. Ben Brode himself accepted the award in person on behalf of Marvel Snap at The Game Awards 2022 ceremony.

Over 150 Marvel characters at launch
The game features over 150+ characters from the Marvel Comics Universe. You can assemble your Marvel dream team from “a massive roster of heroes and villains, collect endless card art variants, and experience super-charged collectible card game (CCG) plays.” There are over a thousand cards available for the players currently, with more cards going to be added in the future.
Each match lasts an average of three minutes and features three random locations with game-changing effects.There are over 50 locations in the game.
The ‘snap’ in Marvel Snap
As per the developers, the game “introduces a new way to compete for the highest ranks, allowing players to “SNAP” to raise the stakes and double down. The mind games and bluffing inherent in this innovative mechanic create a game that is truly impossible to master.”