{"id":1854701,"date":"2026-03-29T19:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1854701"},"modified":"2026-03-29T19:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:10:16","slug":"bethesda-is-shutting-down-the-elder-scrolls-blades-on-june-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1854701","title":{"rendered":"Bethesda is shutting down The Elder Scrolls: Blades on June 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/QxHW1JpscRhT82uamKSrzg&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-03\/f9642b20-2b9c-11f1-aea3-c17929787c02&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"article-42177e31-4e17-4ec8-aa3c-bbcc6772a4d9\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-row justify-between md:px-10 md:max-w-[1220px]\">\n<div class=\"min-w-0 flex-1 self-start\" data-i13n-boundary=\"true\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<nav class=\"relative mx-4 mb-4 border-b pb-4 md:mx-0 md:mb-6 md:max-w-[750px] md:pb-6\" aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<ol class=\"no-scrollbar overflow-scroll whitespace-nowrap text-battleship\">\n<li class=\"inline\">\n<li class=\"inline-block cursor-default last:pr-10 md:last:pr-20 font-bold\">Gaming<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<header class=\"mb-4 px-4 md:mb-6 md:max-w-[750px] md:px-0\">\n<h1 class=\"layout-h1 my-2 font-bold leading-tight\">Bethesda is shutting down The Elder Scrolls: Blades on June 30<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"rightrail-h2-subheadline my-2 text-[18px] font-light leading-5 md:text-[20px]\/[28px]\">The mobile spinoff highlighted dungeon crawling and building your own custom city.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"flex-col items-start lg:flex lg:flex-row lg:items-center lg:justify-between mt-6\">\n<div class=\"relative md:mr-[10px]\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-2\">\n<div class=\"shrink-0 cursor-pointer inline-block size-[42px]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt role=\"img\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full rounded-full object-cover object-center shadow-[0_0_0_2px_#ffffff]\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/5wG_nb5lcFryw4S0p6PmCQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTgwO2g9ODA-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-04\/d17438b0-21fe-11f0-bbad-afcc7524fc27\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-block\">\n<div class=\"w-max text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] font-semibold flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<div class=\"flex w-max items-center\">Jackson Chen<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"font-normal sm:before:inline-block\">Contributing reporter<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-[0.75rem] text-dolphin dark:text-shark md:text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] lg:pt-[5px]\">\n<div class=\"inline-block\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-29T19:10:16.000Z\">Sun, March 29, 2026 at 7:10 PM UTC<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-0 mt-4 flex items-center lg:ml-3 lg:mt-0\">\n<div class=\"ml-0 mr-2\">\n<div class=\"relative flex\">Add Engadget on Google<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mx-4 md:mx-0\">\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-[[fullbleed-start_body-start]_minmax(auto,750px)_[body-end_fullbleed-end]]\">\n<figure class=\"relative col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden fig-image-round \"><img decoding=\"async\" alt class=\"object-cover object-center\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Voa94KKNCtJI8aw7OE.v.A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-03\/f9642b20-2b9c-11f1-aea3-c17929787c02\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-[0.875rem]\/[1.25rem] figure-caption mt-1 line-clamp-2 mt-2.5 md:mt-2 pr-2.5\">\n<div><span>Bethesda Game Studios<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid grid-cols-article-mobile md:max-w-[750px] md:grid-cols-article\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">It&#8217;s a sad day for the dozens of players still grinding <em>The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/em>. Bethesda announced that it&#8217;s permanently shutting down the servers for its free-to-play mobile spinoff on June 30. First spotted on Reddit<em>, The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/em> has already been delisted from the App Store and Google Play store, and is currently unavailable on the Nintendo Store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">In the meantime, players will receive a free bundle of Gems and Sigils, while all items in the in-game store are available for just one Gem or Sigil each. With a server shutdown imminent, <em>The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/em>&#8216; will at least cross its six-year mark since its official release was in 2020 for Android, iOS and Nintendo Switch. The dungeon-crawling spinoff did see early success when more than one million iOS users downloaded the game during the first week of its early access period, but it never amounted to the commercial success of Bethesda&#8217;s mainline titles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">In the end, <em>The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/em> ended up with a &#8220;Generally Unfavorable&#8221; score on Metacritic, with critics calling it &#8220;repetitive&#8221; and filled with microtransactions. The shutdown doesn&#8217;t come as a total surprise, since Bethesda also killed off its other spinoff, <em>The Elder Scrolls: Legends<\/em>, by halting development in 2019 and ultimately taking the game&#8217;s servers offline in January 2025. 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Bethesda announced that it&#8217;s permanently shutting down the servers for its free-to-play mobile spinoff on June 30. First spotted on Reddit<em>, The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/em> has already been delisted from the App Store and Google Play store, and is currently unavailable on the Nintendo Store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">In the meantime, players will receive a free bundle of Gems and Sigils, while all items in the in-game store are available for just one Gem or Sigil each. With a server shutdown imminent, <em>The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/em>&#8216; will at least cross its six-year mark since its official release was in 2020 for Android, iOS and Nintendo Switch. The dungeon-crawling spinoff did see early success when more than one million iOS users downloaded the game during the first week of its early access period, but it never amounted to the commercial success of Bethesda&#8217;s mainline titles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">In the end, <em>The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/em> ended up with a &#8220;Generally Unfavorable&#8221; score on Metacritic, with critics calling it &#8220;repetitive&#8221; and filled with microtransactions. The shutdown doesn&#8217;t come as a total surprise, since Bethesda also killed off its other spinoff, <em>The Elder Scrolls: Legends<\/em>, by halting development in 2019 and ultimately taking the game&#8217;s servers offline in January 2025. For anyone who still wants to play a mobile spinoff of Bethesda&#8217;s fantasy world, there&#8217;s still <em>The Elder Scrolls: Castles<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/bethesda-is-shutting-down-the-elder-scrolls-blades-on-june-30-191016852.html&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/QxHW1JpscRhT82uamKSrzg&#8211;\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2026-03\/f9642b20-2b9c-11f1-aea3-c17929787c02&#8243;] Gaming Bethesda is shutting down The Elder Scrolls: Blades on June 30 The mobile spinoff highlighted dungeon crawling and building your own custom city. 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