US EditionThe Elder Scrolls: Blades Mobile RPG Set to Shut Down For Good in June
Bethesda ends seven years of support for The Elder Scrolls: Blades due to poor reception and revenue, discounting in-game items before server shutdown on June 30, 2026.
- Bethesda announced that servers for The Elder Scrolls title Blades will permanently shut down on June 30, 2026, ending support after seven years.
- After its 2020 release for Android and Nintendo Switch, Blades struggled to build a significant player base, ultimately receiving a "Generally Unfavorable" rating on Metacritic with critics calling it "repetitive."
- Kotaku's Zack Zwiezen acknowledged the core loop was "fun and satisfying" but noted that microtransactions and wait times hindered long-term success, despite one million downloads during early access.
- Already delisted from the App Store, Google Play, and Nintendo Store, the game remains playable until the final shutdown, with all store items available for one Gem or Sigil each.
- The shutdown leaves The Elder Scrolls title Castles as the only remaining mobile title in the franchise, following the permanent closure of The Elder Scrolls title Legends servers in 2025.
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The Elder Scrolls: Blades Mobile RPG Set to Shut Down For Good in June
Bethesda has delisted mobile RPG The Elder Scrolls: Blades from all platforms as it prepares to permanently shut it down on June 30.The developer announced the news via a brief in-game statement, thanking its fans for playing and offering a free bundle of Gems and Sigils "so you can enjoy all content Blades has to offer." To help with this, you'll also now find that every single item in the game's store is available for a single Gem or Sigil."I …
Bethesda is Taking Its Most Controversial Elder Scrolls Game Offline
After rough launch reviews and years of patches and updates, Bethesda is finally ready to pull the plug on one of the most experimental installments in the Elder Scrolls franchise. Elder Scrolls: Blades Will Permanently Shut Down This Summer The Elder Scrolls: Blades was originally revealed at E3 2018 and promised to bring a fresh spin on the franchise with its free-to-play mobile-first design. The game hit early access on mobile in 2019 before …
A Forgotten Elder Scrolls Game Is Shutting Down Soon
One of Bethesda Game Studio's Elder Scrolls spin-offs, The Elder Scrolls: Blades, will be shutting down in June, according to a post on the Nintendo eShop.The free-to-play dungeon crawler and town-builder's last day will be June 30, after which the game's servers will go offline, rendering the entire game inaccessible. In the meantime, all items in The Elder Scrolls: Blades' store will be purchasable with a single Sigil or Gem, so players can "e…
Bethesda shuts down the operation of The Elder Scrolls: Blades, thereby permanently eliminating the free RPG offshoot.
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