Bethesda's new 'Elder Scrolls: Blades' arrives on iOS this fall
Game developer Bethesda, during their packed E3 keynote this week, announced that the next installment of the massive Elder Scrolls franchise will be coming to mobile platforms including iOS later this fall.
The new title, called The Elder Scrolls: Blades, takes you into role of one of the "empire's top agents," known as the Blades. Your character in this first-person role playing game returns home to find that it has been destroyed, leading you on an adventure through dungeons and dangerous terrain.
Unlike many RPGs on mobile, Blades will not only be playable in landscape, but portrait mode as well. This should make it even easier to game on the go, especially one-handed, using virtual sticks or tapping. The game will feature melee attacks, ranged attacks, as well as spells.
Gameplay will primarily be made up of exploring dungeons and leveling up your character and their abilities, though there will be a "town-building" component too.
This isn't the first mobile game for Bethesda. Last year they launched Fallout Shelter, which quickly rose to the upper echelons of Apple's App Store charts.
Blades will first launch on mobile before making its way to PCs, consoles, and VR headsets. It will be a free-to-play title, most likely with in-app purchases. Those eager to play can sign up to be notified at Bethesda's website and receive an in-game helmet and sword when it launches.
The new title, called The Elder Scrolls: Blades, takes you into role of one of the "empire's top agents," known as the Blades. Your character in this first-person role playing game returns home to find that it has been destroyed, leading you on an adventure through dungeons and dangerous terrain.
Unlike many RPGs on mobile, Blades will not only be playable in landscape, but portrait mode as well. This should make it even easier to game on the go, especially one-handed, using virtual sticks or tapping. The game will feature melee attacks, ranged attacks, as well as spells.
Gameplay will primarily be made up of exploring dungeons and leveling up your character and their abilities, though there will be a "town-building" component too.
This isn't the first mobile game for Bethesda. Last year they launched Fallout Shelter, which quickly rose to the upper echelons of Apple's App Store charts.
Blades will first launch on mobile before making its way to PCs, consoles, and VR headsets. It will be a free-to-play title, most likely with in-app purchases. Those eager to play can sign up to be notified at Bethesda's website and receive an in-game helmet and sword when it launches.
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Really hope "mobile" doesn't include android. Android is tainting everything with their fragmented crap. Meaning, they'll have to dumb down the graphics to make porting easier instead of working with iPhone X from the ground up with little limitations.
Apple could do so much better. At least embed the M series chip into the Siri remote.
Agree with first party dedicated game development.
Phil Schiller on keynote stage: “This year with Apple TV we’re focusing on gaming. To show you how serious we are about Apple TV gaming, we’ve went a built, from the ground-up a dedicated Apple branded gaming controller. And here it is. This is what it looks like. We reasilsed to be serious about gaming, and to show developers we are serious about gaming, we needed to build our own dedicated gaming controller. Our remote still works great as a controller for certain casual games, but we think more enthusiastic gamers are going to want one of these Apple game controllers. People who own an Apple TV and want to game on it are gonna wanna put up one of these. To demo the new controller here’s Scott from EA game to show the latest game they’ve created for this new platform”.
Then heavily promote it and it hits all the news sites. And launch their TV streaming platform. Boom, gaming... boom, TV. Apple TV, boom...
They are faithful repros of the full game. Although it's better to play them on a tablet but you'll get so many great hours of play from them!
Go for the eyes boo! Go for the eyes!
Our phones are so powerful now, the 8/X being easily above the Switch at portable clocks, but physical controls are a big difference. I want more AAA mobile titles that support MFI controllers for a Switch-Lite experience.
Look at printers - Apple got out of the printer market, does that mean the platform isn’t serious for desktop publishing and printing? Of course not. So why is it different for controllers and gaming?
Or at least an official bundle with a third party controller, but the most important thing is starting to fund at least some indie exclusives for it. Maybe even have some small in-house game development to start off.
It could make a nifty microconsole with the power it has. Good thing the wand controller requirement was lifted.
Do you think Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo would consider releasing a console without a first party controller? They wouldn't be taken seriously, and that's where Apple is now.
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Well no, Apple doesn't have to make a crappy Xbox controller clone they can make something completely original. I believe the gaming market needs a fresh controller instead of something dating back from the 90s. I didn't even think of the W chip, it would be useful as it saves battery live over bluetooth correct? Add in the Taptic Engine, M processor and other Apple patents and you have a nice input device.
Kinda how Apple TVs most graphically intense game is a 5 year old game(Real Racing 3). I think Epic even gave up on Apple. I remember Real Racing and Infinity Blade being the benchmark iPhone games in the past.
Please remove EA! The company that won worst company in the world a few years in a row.
Nintendo would be mind blowing but there's some really good Indies out there and Capcom was for sale once. Imagine new Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Marvel VS. Capcom games on launch?
An analogy I used to use for Apple TV was: Imagine Sony launching the Playstation 4 and saying "Well guys enjoy games from last gen on this new console(Real Racing, Beach Buggy Racing), the real PS4 games will be coming next year!..... About 3 of them! (Sky, Where Cards Fall, Inside)
Apple fans seem to use the excuse of "just wait, the good games are coming", even if it means waiting a whole year for a few games.