Bethesda shuts down elder scrolls: blades, leaving players high and dry

Bethesda is pulling the plug on The Elder Scrolls: Blades, delisting the mobile RPG from all platforms and setting a permanent shutdown date of June 30. The announcement, delivered via a brief in-game message, has sparked disappointment among players who invested years in the game.

Mobile rpg fails to capture tamriel's magic

The decision to end support for the game, launched in May 2020, comes as little surprise to many. Players have long criticized the game’s aggressive monetization, citing frustrating upgrade timers and predatory in-app purchases. “I played it, and it’s not terrible for a mobile game, but you pretty quickly hit a wall where you are stuck waiting for days-long upgrades,” one player commented on a forum, echoing a sentiment widely shared by the community.

The game, a free-to-play spin-off set between Oblivion and Skyrim, had a decent initial reception. IGN’s review at the time noted