{"id":1855162,"date":"2026-03-30T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1855162"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:12:08","slug":"the-elder-scrolls-blades-the-mobile-rpg-you-probably-forgot-about-long-ago-has-been-delisted-and-will-stop-working-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1855162","title":{"rendered":"The Elder Scrolls: Blades, the mobile RPG you probably forgot about long ago, has been delisted and will stop working this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-blades\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      The Elder Scrolls: Blades<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The Elder Scrolls: Blades, the mobile RPG you probably forgot about long ago, has been delisted and will stop working this summer<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Pocket Tamriel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/TES-Blades_Switch1.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The Elder Scrolls: Blades - Champion of the Arena\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"TES-Blades_Switch1.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Bethesda Softworks<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-30T09:12:08+00:00\">March 30, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"8680b5f2-f8bb-412d-91ea-6c267fad2c15\" data-name=\"The Elder Scrolls: Blades\" data-follow-text=\"Follow The Elder Scrolls: Blades\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following The Elder Scrolls: Blades\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow The Elder Scrolls: Blades\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following The Elder Scrolls: Blades\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow The Elder Scrolls: Blades\" title=\"Follow The Elder Scrolls: Blades\"><br \/>\n  Follow The Elder Scrolls: Blades<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Even if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-6\">The Elder Scrolls 6<\/a> is still (potentially) years away, Bethesda has kept fans busy with countless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/skyrim-switch-2-port-gets-proper-performance-and-quality-modes\">Skyrim remasters\/ports<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-online\">TESO<\/a>&#8216;s yearly Chapters and many seasonal updates. In the background, mobile-oriented spinoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-blades\">The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/a> was also trucking along with a small community. But, alas, that little journey is now coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Even the publisher hasn&#8217;t made a big fuss about the impending shutdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/delistedgames.com\/already-delisted-the-elder-scrolls-blades-will-shut-down-on-june-30th\/\">quietly delisting the game<\/a> earlier this month from the eShop, Google Play Store, and Apple App Store so no new adventurers can jump in.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Elder Scrolls: Blades - Official Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uiHB_LsiT14?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uiHB_LsiT14\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Elder Scrolls: Blades &#8211; Official Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uiHB_LsiT14\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ElderScrolls\/comments\/1s59o36\/the_elder_scrolls_blades_to_shut_down_on_june_30\/\">r\/Elder Scrolls<\/a>, we&#8217;ve also seen what the game is telling users when they log in: &#8220;The Elder Scrolls: Blades servers will permanently shut down on June 30, 2026. From now until June 30, 2026, all items in the store will be available for 1 Gem or 1 Sigil each. All players receive a free bundle of Gems and Sigils, so you can enjoy all content Blades has to offer. Thank you for playing and we hope you have enjoyed your time in Blades.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While giving everyone access to pretty much everything in TES: Blades ahead of shutdown is a nice gesture and farewell, I also have no doubts many players who spent money on the game will be annoyed. You know what you&#8217;re getting into with always-online games though, especially free-to-play onesin this era.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2019, Eurogamer associate editor Robert Purchese found Blades to be &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-elder-scrolls-blades-is-a-bit-naff\">a bit naff<\/a>.&#8221; The common sentiment among TES diehards wasn&#8217;t much more glowing, yet it found its niche audience like everything Elder Scrolls (remember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-legends\">the card battler Legends<\/a>?). The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-elder-scrolls-blades-the-mobile-game-is-coming-to-switch\">Switch port<\/a> also helped it reach a bigger crowd, yet it never became a particularly large hit. Honestly, the only shocker in Bethesda shutting the game down is that it managing to survive this long, really. It probably helps that it had <a href=\"https:\/\/sensortower.com\/blog\/the-elder-scrolls-blades-revenue-1\">a strong launch<\/a>, thanks to microtransactions, back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This news has also reminded me of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-elder-scrolls-castles-mobile-game-launches-next-month-pre-registration-now-open\">The Elder Scrolls: Castles<\/a>, a way more recent F2P mobile game trying to replicate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fallout-shelter\">Fallout Shelter<\/a>&#8216;s success. That&#8217;s yet another spinoff which isn&#8217;t making much noise, but curious mobile gamers can still play it just fine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Even if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-6\">The Elder Scrolls 6<\/a> is still (potentially) years away, Bethesda has kept fans busy with countless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/skyrim-switch-2-port-gets-proper-performance-and-quality-modes\">Skyrim remasters\/ports<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-online\">TESO<\/a>&#8216;s yearly Chapters and many seasonal updates. In the background, mobile-oriented spinoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-blades\">The Elder Scrolls: Blades<\/a> was also trucking along with a small community. But, alas, that little journey is now coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Even the publisher hasn&#8217;t made a big fuss about the impending shutdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/delistedgames.com\/already-delisted-the-elder-scrolls-blades-will-shut-down-on-june-30th\/\">quietly delisting the game<\/a> earlier this month from the eShop, Google Play Store, and Apple App Store so no new adventurers can jump in.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Elder Scrolls: Blades - Official Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uiHB_LsiT14?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uiHB_LsiT14\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Elder Scrolls: Blades &#8211; Official Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uiHB_LsiT14\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ElderScrolls\/comments\/1s59o36\/the_elder_scrolls_blades_to_shut_down_on_june_30\/\">r\/Elder Scrolls<\/a>, we&#8217;ve also seen what the game is telling users when they log in: &#8220;The Elder Scrolls: Blades servers will permanently shut down on June 30, 2026. From now until June 30, 2026, all items in the store will be available for 1 Gem or 1 Sigil each. All players receive a free bundle of Gems and Sigils, so you can enjoy all content Blades has to offer. Thank you for playing and we hope you have enjoyed your time in Blades.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While giving everyone access to pretty much everything in TES: Blades ahead of shutdown is a nice gesture and farewell, I also have no doubts many players who spent money on the game will be annoyed. You know what you&#8217;re getting into with always-online games though, especially free-to-play onesin this era.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2019, Eurogamer associate editor Robert Purchese found Blades to be &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-elder-scrolls-blades-is-a-bit-naff\">a bit naff<\/a>.&#8221; The common sentiment among TES diehards wasn&#8217;t much more glowing, yet it found its niche audience like everything Elder Scrolls (remember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-elder-scrolls-legends\">the card battler Legends<\/a>?). The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-elder-scrolls-blades-the-mobile-game-is-coming-to-switch\">Switch port<\/a> also helped it reach a bigger crowd, yet it never became a particularly large hit. Honestly, the only shocker in Bethesda shutting the game down is that it managing to survive this long, really. It probably helps that it had <a href=\"https:\/\/sensortower.com\/blog\/the-elder-scrolls-blades-revenue-1\">a strong launch<\/a>, thanks to microtransactions, back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This news has also reminded me of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-elder-scrolls-castles-mobile-game-launches-next-month-pre-registration-now-open\">The Elder Scrolls: Castles<\/a>, a way more recent F2P mobile game trying to replicate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fallout-shelter\">Fallout Shelter<\/a>&#8216;s success. That&#8217;s yet another spinoff which isn&#8217;t making much noise, but curious mobile gamers can still play it just fine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News The Elder Scrolls: Blades The Elder Scrolls: Blades, the mobile RPG you probably forgot about long ago, has been delisted and will stop working this summer Pocket Tamriel. 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