Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner laid off several team members around May 1, 2026, including community manager Griffin Bennett and designer Glenn Jones. Co-founder Ben Brode addressed fan concerns on Discord, praising the departed staff and affirming the studio's commitment to the game and its March roadmap.
Second Dinner, founded by ex-Blizzard veterans including Ben Brode (former Hearthstone director), faced high-profile staff exits that raised worries about Marvel Snap's future. Griffin Bennett, who previously worked on Destiny 2 and Overwatch, announced his layoff on X/Twitter: “like so many others in this industry, it's my time once again to share the sad news that I've been laid off from Second Dinner and Marvel Snap. No hard feelings to my friends and colleagues at SD. Their future is incredibly bright.” Designer Glenn Jones also departed around the same time.
Brode confirmed the changes in a Discord post, stating, “We said goodbye to a few members of our team yesterday, including our awesome community manager. You know how much he cared about this community, and we'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.” He reassured players: “For those of you concerned about Snap, we're still here, still building, still committed to this game and to you. The roadmap we shared in March remains the same. This is us making hard decisions to make sure we can keep going, not a sign that we're winding down.”
The layoffs follow challenges last year when Marvel Snap went offline in the US for over 24 hours and was pulled from app stores due to ByteDance (Nuverse's parent) facing a US ban over TikTok. Second Dinner later partnered with Skystone Games as its new publisher and outlined a March 2026 roadmap to address player frustrations over game modes and progression.
Community reactions were mixed: Reddit users expressed optimism about bug fixes preserving the game's fun core, while others worried about potential quality declines.
