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Rock Paper Shotgun The Elder Scrolls: Legends Feedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/feed/tag/video-games/the-elder-scrolls-legendsThe latest The Elder Scrolls: Legends articles from Rock Paper Shotgun.enSat, 02 Nov 2024 22:06:07 +0000Elder Scrolls: Legends has been removed from sale and will become unplayable in January 2025https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elder-scrolls-legends-has-been-removed-from-sale-and-will-become-unplayable-in-january-2025Graham SmithSat, 02 Nov 2024 22:06:07 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elder-scrolls-legends-has-been-removed-from-sale-and-will-become-unplayable-in-january-2025Strategy: Turn-Based StrategyCard GamesMultiplayer CompetitiveBethesda SoftworksNintendo SwitchSingle PlayerMetanet SoftwareThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsAndroidXbox OneiOSPCMacBird view / IsometricStrategyPS4

The Elder Scrolls: Legends, the free-to-play card game set in Bethesda's fantasy world, has been removed from sale on Steam. Its servers will shut down for good on January 30th, 2025, after which it will no longer be playable. The closure comes five years after the game was last updated.

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Starfield's "are planets planets" debate recalls the amazingly weird cosmology of Elder Scrollshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/starfields-are-planets-planets-debate-recalls-the-amazingly-weird-cosmology-of-elder-scrollsEdwin Evans-ThirlwellTue, 29 Aug 2023 14:24:48 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/starfields-are-planets-planets-debate-recalls-the-amazingly-weird-cosmology-of-elder-scrollsVir2L StudiosMultiplayer CompetitiveXboxXbox OneBethesda Game StudiosThe Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindBird view / IsometricMMORPGSuperscapeStarfieldShooter: First PersonZeniMax Online StudiosBethesda SoftworksNintendo SwitchFirst personAndroidXbox 360PCStrategyThird personStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyThe Elder Scrolls II: DaggerfallCard GamesRPGOpen WorldSingle PlayerThe Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimThe Elder Scrolls: Legends4J StudiosUbisoftiOSMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventurePS5Xbox Series X/S2K GamesThe Elder Scrolls OnlineMetanet SoftwarePS3The Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionScience FictionMacZeniMax MediaPS4

You may have noticed a mounting squabble between Starfield fans and detractors concerning the game's planetary maps, triggered by some leaks or fake leaks over the past week. Said skirmish has now escalated to "-gate" status, with "Tilegate" doing the rounds on forums and even creeping into search results, presumably much to the alarm of innocent, unaligned ceramics company Tilegate Trading Llc in Florida. The nub of the dispute seems to be thus: some people claim the procedurally generated tiles that comprise many Starfield environments actually glue together into complete globes, so that you can see and walk from one to the other and, indeed, all around the equator, while others claim they're discrete maps with invisible walls, similar to those of the astonishing "dreamable" space sim Noctis.

Who knows, we might have an under-embargo Starfield review in the works that will lay matters to rest. In the short term, the uncertainty about whether Starfield's planets are actually planets puts me in mind of comparable celestial angst in Bethesda's Elder Scrolls games, where planets are more properly described as planes of existence, conjured by immortal beings, which sort of orbit the mortal world of Tamriel. I've been revisiting how Bethesda's mainstay fantasy games thought about outer space in the run-up to Starfield, and while I'm intrigued by the new game's portrayals of celestial mechanics (latest discovery: the Starfield starmap represents stellar and planetary gravity as dimples on a kind of galactic tarpaulin, as in old Stephen Hawking documentaries), I'll be very surprised if it offers anything quite as wonderfully bizarre.

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The Elder Scrolls: Legends development on holdhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-development-on-holdAlice O'ConnorSat, 07 Dec 2019 14:00:21 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-development-on-holdBethesda SoftworksStrategyThe Elder Scrolls: Legends

Bethesda have indefinitely halted development on The Elder Scrolls: Legends, the free-to-play card game set in their RPG world of swords and shouts. The game is still up, you can still play it, and Bethesda will still run events in it, but no new content substantial updates are being worked on or planned.

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Morrowind goes free today to celebrate The Elder Scrolls turning 25https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/morrowind-free-today-for-elder-scrolls-series-anniversaryDominic TarasonMon, 25 Mar 2019 17:33:37 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/morrowind-free-today-for-elder-scrolls-series-anniversaryShooterBlockbusterThe Elder Scrolls Online - ElsweyrRPGBethesda SoftworksThe Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsFree gamesThe Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindThe Elder Scrolls OnlineThe Elder Scrolls

To celebrate a quarter-century of Elves, Daedra and cat-people with bafflingly complex lore, Bethesda are giving away The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind today (March 25th) only, so snap it up quickly here. You'll need a Bethesda.net account and their launcher to grab the game, too. A bit of a hassle, but you're getting a sprawling adventure through a deeply alien corner of Tamriel, filled with giant insects, inscrutable demigods and enough Cliff Racers to drive any adventurer to distraction. If you've never played what many consider the best Elder Scrolls game, now's the time.

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Artifact feels like Valve's solution to post-Hearthstone card gameshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/artifact-feels-like-valves-solution-to-post-hearthstone-card-gamesAustin WoodTue, 08 May 2018 18:00:54 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/artifact-feels-like-valves-solution-to-post-hearthstone-card-gamesFeatureArtifactBlockbusterHearthstoneDota 2Shadowverse CCGGwent: The Witcher Card GameThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsValveDuelysthands onFaeriaStrategyPreviews

Collectible card games have been around for decades, but they've really been running hot ever since Blizzard unleashed Hearthstone four years ago. Since then, we've seen Shadowverse, Gwent, The Elder Scrolls: Legends, Duelyst, Faeria - there are a lot of these things, if you haven't heard. They all put their own spin on rectangles with numbers on 'em, but they also universally take cues from Hearthstone and, just as often, each other, and as a result they regularly run into similar problems, the biggest two being how to balance a competitive system and how to price card packs fairly.

Artifact, Valve's upcoming Dota-inspired card game, is definitely using some pages from the same books, but it's also doing enough things differently that it has the potential to solve a lot of those problems.

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Spawn Point: a guide to collectible card gameshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/spawn-point-collectible-card-games-beginners-guideBrendan CaldwellThu, 03 May 2018 18:00:24 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/spawn-point-collectible-card-games-beginners-guideSlay the SpireFeatureHand of Fate 2ArtifactHearthstoneCard GamesCCGAndroid: NetrunnerShadowverse CCGGwent: The Witcher Card GameHand of FateRegency SolitaireThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsDuelystSpawn PointFaeriaStrategyMagic: The Gathering

Welcome to Spawn Point, where we take something wonderful from the world of gaming and explain what it is, why it’s worth your time and how to get involved. This time: collectible card games (or at least, the videogame kind).

Hello, I would like to collect some cards please. Of course, friend. We have a wide variety of fantasy themed cards, ranging from hostile dragon to raving ghoul to –

Hang on, what are these numbers? Oh, ignore those, they’re nothing to worry about. Look at this wizard!

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Wot I Think - Elder Scrolls: Legendshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elder-scrolls-legends-reviewBrendan CaldwellFri, 14 Jul 2017 20:30:18 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elder-scrolls-legends-reviewFeatureCCGReviewsBethesda SoftworksThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsDire Wolf DigitalWot I Think

It’s a card game! As discussed on this week’s podcast, I’ve been somehow saddled with the reputation of being “the collectible cards game guy” at RPS. This is partly my own fault due to my Duelyst-ing but also partly due to my fellow journos typecasting me, like some kind of grubby-fingered Bryan Cranston. This isn’t the first time this has happened. Remember when I became “the tanks guy” because I once asked too many questions about tanks?

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Podcast: The Electronic Wireless Show talk replayability, Slime Rancher and Playerunknown's Battlegroundshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/podcast-the-electronic-wireless-show-ep-8Brendan CaldwellThu, 13 Jul 2017 16:00:36 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/podcast-the-electronic-wireless-show-ep-8FeaturePodcastThe Elder Scrolls II: DaggerfallDota 2Bethesda SoftworksMonomi ParkCrusader Kings IIThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsPUBG: BattlegroundsThe RPS Electronic Wireless showDire Wolf DigitalBluehole StudioFirewatchSlime Rancher

The hosts of the RPS podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show, know neither respite nor shame. This week we have a chat about "replayability" - what games are the most replayable? Why do we always go back to our "comfort games"? Exactly how many hours has Adam spent in Crusader Kings II? Hint: QUITE LOTS. Meanwhile, Pip attempts to cultivate the excrement of wet monsters in Slime Rancher, Adam tells us about his cowardice in Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, and I am slumming it with another collectible card game, this time The Elder Scrolls: Legends. We've also got some reader questions and comments, all based on replaying old favourites. It's a theme!

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Every PC game announced or trailered at E3 2017https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/e3-2017-pc-gamesJohn WalkerTue, 13 Jun 2017 20:00:40 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/e3-2017-pc-gamesOri and the Will of the WispsMultiplayer Competitive4A GamesThe Creative AssemblyPuzzleWargrooveGriftlandsSegaMMORPGKlei EntertainmentBiowareMiddle-earth: Shadow of WarNintendo SwitchActivisionXbox Game StudiosTotal War: Warhammer IIPCLawBreakersFar Cry 5RacingCard GamesTunicSingle PlayerPrime MatterSea of ThievesDouble Fine ProductionsUbisoftMultiplayer CooperativeMachineGamesThe Evil Within 2Side viewChucklefish GamesSimulationArc System Works2K GamesXbox Series X/SMonolith ProductionsShiftCapcomActivision BlizzardFightingLucasArtsOobletsUbisoft San Franciscoid SoftwareTango GameworksXboxMetro ExodusFinjiUbisoft EntertainmentBoss Key ProductionsBird view / IsometricBeyond Good and Evil 2Virtual RealityBungieLife is Strange Before the StormBethesda SoftworksBattlefield 1PSPUbisoft SingaporeAndroidDICETantalus MediaStrategyFeatureBandai Namco EntertainmentBlockbusterCall of Duty: WWIIAssassin's Creed OriginsRPGSkull and BonesThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsDestiny 2TaleWorlds EntertainmentAction AdventureFiraxis GamesKalypso MediaUbisoft MontpellierArkane StudiosTurn 10 StudiosIvory TowerMetanet SoftwareSavage EntertainmentMonster Hunter: WorldWolfenstein II: The New ColossusMount & Blade II: BannerlordState of Decay 2Forza Motorsport 7Deep SilverThe Last NightXCOM 2: War of the ChosenUbisoft MontrealFallout 4 VRFirst personXbox 360AnthembandaiEA SportsNeed for Speed PaybackCode VeinKonamiTacomaCrackdown 3Strategy: Real-Time StrategySquare EnixFIFA 18Raw FuryPS5Doom VFRThe Crew 2Dragon Ball FighterZBioWare EdmontonMicrosoft StudiosSouth Park: The Fractured but WholeUndead LabsPlatformerEA DICEPandemic StudiosLimbic EntertainmentRareE3 2017Star Wars: Battlefront IIGhost GamesXbox OneBethesda Game StudiosTropico 6ShooterDishonored: Death of the OutsiderElectronic ArtsEA CanadaIndieA Way OutSportsWarner Bros. GamesHazelight StudiosThird personStrategy: Turn-Based StrategySumo DigitaliOSQuake ChampionsPS2Age of Empires: Definitive EditionThe Fullbright CompanyNexonBANDAI NAMCO StudiosPS3TransferenceMacSledgehammer GamesPS4

Each year E3 rolls around like a giant evil worm, crushing all that's good and pure. BUT that worm also announces lots of exciting gaming news as it wreaks its carnage upon the Earth. Here we have gathered every announcement, reveal, and exciting new trailer that emerged from the barrage of screamed press conferences over the last few days. And lots of it looks rather spiffy.

A rather enormous 47 PC games were either announced, revealed, or updated upon, with new trailers, information, and released dates that will all be missed by at least three months. We've collected the lot, with trailers, in alphabetical order, into one neat place, just for you.

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Elder Scrolls Legends off to Skyrim in first expansionhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-heroes-of-skyrim-expansionAlice O'ConnorTue, 13 Jun 2017 13:26:20 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-heroes-of-skyrim-expansionBethesda SoftworksThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsFree gamesDire Wolf DigitalStrategy

Free-to-play card game The Elder Scrolls: Legends [official site] will take a trip to the icy land of Skyrim in its first expansion on June 29th. Legends already has a splash of Skyrim, with cards representing Skythings from Draugr to ha-ha-hilariously taking an Arrow in the Knee, but this will really Fus Go for it. Bethesda say the 'Legends of Skyrim' expansion will add "more than 150" Skyrim-themed cards (so, like, 151?), including dragons and their mighty shouts.

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The Elder Scrolls: Legends properly launcheshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elder-scrolls-legends-releasedAlice O'ConnorFri, 10 Mar 2017 19:54:23 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elder-scrolls-legends-releasedBethesda SoftworksDire Wolf DigitalStrategyThe Elder Scrolls: Legends

It's barely safe to move this week with all the virtual paper flying about. Free-to-play CCG Faeria, the mail-flinging Morning Post, and The Elder Scrolls: Legends [official site] all launched this week, and I tell you someone's going to loose an eye. The Elder Scrolls: Legends, unsurprisingly but perhaps disappointingly, is more like the former. It's Bethesda's free-to-play CCG turning all your Elder Scrolls favourites in cards, including those potions you stole but never used and that meme. Seven months after entering open beta, TES: Legends this week escaped beta prison and properly launched.

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The 10 most intriguing PC gaming trends of 2016https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gaming-trends-2016Alexander ChatziioannouWed, 23 Nov 2016 19:15:47 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gaming-trends-2016Enter the GungeonHearthstoneKingdomGwent: The Witcher Card GamePunch ClubOwlboyDanganronpaClustertruckThe Warlock of Firetop MountainDuskersIndieCall of Duty: Infinite WarfareBattlefield 1DuelystTitanfall 2The Curious ExpeditionFeatureBlockbusterQuadrilateral CowboyDoomRPGThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsAction AdventureWheels Of AureliaFuriJalopyZero Escape: Zero Time DilemmaSwitchcarsMother Russia BleedsSorcery!

As December approaches like a runaway sled and we prepare to say our goodbyes to 2016, it's natural to reflect on the year as a whole. Those reflections could easily take the form of laments but we're keeping our focus firmly on the world of PC games, where we've identified ten trends that may not have defined 2016, but have certainly helped to shape it. We delve into Sorcery and synthwave, DOOM and Danganronpa, and much more besides.

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The Elder Scrolls: Legends Now In Open Betahttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-open-betaPhilippa WarrFri, 05 Aug 2016 08:58:51 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-open-betaBethesda SoftworksBlockbusterThe Elder Scrolls: Legends

The Elder Scrolls: Legends [official site] - the digital card game based on the Elder Scrollsiverse - is now in open beta. I've already downloaded the game launcher and am currently going through the fun thing where you have to get Bethesda to remind you of your username and then, when you have your username, reset the password which you also can't remember and none of the reset emails have arrived BUT! I'm sure I'll be hurling nirnroots at a board before long...?

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Impressions: The Elder Scrolls - Legendshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-alpha-impressionsMatt ThrowerMon, 01 Aug 2016 18:00:15 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-alpha-impressionsFeatureHearthstoneRPGBethesda SoftworksThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsDire Wolf DigitalStrategy

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the team behind The Elder Scrolls: Legends [official site] must be great fans of Hearthstone. Much of this new collectible card game will be instantly familiar to those who've played Blizzard's Warcraft-based equivalent. There's a gradually increasing pool of magic points with which to play cards. The same attack value and health stats, with most creatures being unable to strike on the turn they're summoned. A slew of common special abilities that break the base rules, such as allowing for an attack immediately after being played, or having a one-hit shield to protect them from damage. Sure, everything has a different name, like "Guard" instead of "Taunt", but the initial sense of deja vu is overwhelming. Thankfully, that fades.

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The Winking Owl Of The Elder Scrolls: Legendshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-e3Philippa WarrThu, 16 Jun 2016 09:22:46 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-e3Bethesda SoftworksE3 2016StrategyThe Elder Scrolls: Legends

Settling down to watch The Elder Scrolls: Legends [official site] bits of the Bethesda conference, I discovered a winking owl, some plot information for Bethesda's card game and also that the banana bread I made last night makes a perfectly serviceable breakfast.

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The RPG Scrollbars: In The Cardshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gwent-magic-elder-scrolls-legendsRichard CobbettMon, 25 Apr 2016 12:02:28 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gwent-magic-elder-scrolls-legendsHearthstoneCard HunterThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntRPGScrollsThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsMagic: The Gathering

These days, you're just not a proper RPG unless you've got a fancy card-game spin-off either in or out of world. Gwent. Hearthstone. Arcomage. Triple Triad. Legends of Norrath. Pokemon CCG. Now The Elder Scrolls is throwing its adventurer's cap into the ring with The Elder Scrolls: Legends, as announced aeons ago, but only just going into closed beta. Quite a gold-rush, especially given that historically, these games haven't done particularly well in digital form, even when backed by a big name or license.

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The Elder Scrolls: Legends Delayed Into 2016https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-delayAlice O'ConnorMon, 21 Dec 2015 10:20:45 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-delayZeniMax Online StudiosBethesda SoftworksThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsThe Elder Scrolls OnlineStrategy

As the end of the year approaches, a whole load of games optimistically slated to launch "in 2015" are about to become formally late. Such as The Elder Scrolls: Legends [official site], Bethesda's free-to-play CCG. When they announced it at E3, it was due to launch this year. Now it's not.

In other news about The Elder Scrolls facing a tough time aping Blizzard, The Elder Scrolls Online folks ZeniMax Online have reportedly all but closed their European customer services office in Ireland, which had employed around 300 people. [Update: or maybe not!]

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Carded: The Elder Scrolls: Legends Is A F2P CCGhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-announced-f2p-ccgJem AlexanderMon, 15 Jun 2015 09:21:33 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-elder-scrolls-legends-announced-f2p-ccgE3 2015RPGBethesda SoftworksThe Elder Scrolls: LegendsThe Elder Scrolls

With the announcement of The Elder Scrolls: Legends, an upcoming free-to-play strategy card game set in the Elder Scrolls universe, Bethesda’s quest to become Blizzard continues in earnest. They clearly want a piece of that Hearthstone pie. At this rate we'll see Bethesda announce a MOBA, perhaps named Heroes Of The Scrolls, at E3 next year.

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