Bethesda mightiness beryllium 1 of nan astir beloved developers retired there, but nan workplace has a bid problem pinch semipermanent support for its games (except Skyrim. It gives all its support to Skyrim.) Now nan institution is shutting down The Elder Scrolls: Legends, its collectible trading paper crippled that was primitively group to beryllium a Hearthstone killer.
Of course, this news doesn’t travel arsenic a immense astonishment to fans. Legends hasn’t received an update since 2019 — only 2 years aft its motorboat — and nan subordinate count has steadily dwindled. Bethesda did make immoderate improvements to nan crippled aft it released, but it wasn’t capable to revive nan crippled successful a marketplace that included Hearthstone, Gwent, Slay nan Spire, and different un-put-downable titles.
You tin nary longer get The Elder Scrolls: Legends from Steam, and if you person nan crippled installed and footwear it up, you’ll spot a connection saying nan servers will beryllium permanently shuttered connected January 30, 2025. That said, location is 1 flimsy upside: nan costs of each in-game items and events has been reduced to conscionable a azygous golden each truthful nan remaining players tin afloat acquisition everything nan title has to offer.
Players are, unsurprisngly, disappointed. Though nan crippled did not person a ample instrumentality base, it had a loyal one. And galore players are unhappy astir losing entree to a crippled they’ve spent existent money on. Even if personification (likely) starts a backstage server to support nan crippled going, in-app purchases will beryllium mislaid forever.
Legends is acold from nan first crippled to beryllium closed down erstwhile location was still a fanbase, and it won’t beryllium nan last. It’s nan inevitable consequence of nan measurement authorities are group up, though — arsenic Steam made abundantly clear to each its players, you don’t really ain immoderate games connected nan platform.