Todd Howard Presents Elder Scrolls Blades at the Latest iPhone Keynote
Elder Scrolls Blades is the next upcoming mobile title from Bethesda. The game was first announced earlier this year at E3, and is set to launch before the end of the year – although Bethesda has yet to announce an exact release date. Recently, Todd Howard appeared at the latest iPhone keynote presentation to showcase the upcoming mobile game.
Elder Scrolls Blades on the New iPhone XS
The annual Apple iPhone keynote took place earlier this week, and Todd Howard, Bethesda’s long-standing director, made a presentation at one point to show off Elder Scrolls Blades. Specifically, he spoke about how the game will run on the new iPhone XS. The iPhone XS was a key part of the presentation before Howard’s appearance, in addition to the XS Max. Aligning with the presentation, Howard explained how new features like the A12 Bionic chip will improve mobile gaming for users. In fact, the new chip boasts a GPU which offers improvements of around 50% over the 2017 equivalent. The chip should be a great boon for more graphics-intensive titles like Blades.
Given Elder Scrolls Blades’ touch-screen controls, Howard also discussed the benefits of the XS’ new OLED screen. Howard also presented The Elder Scrolls Blades at Bethesda’s E3 presentation, where he made a point to note the game’s “console-quality” graphics. So far, Bethesda has given fans the opportunity to play Blades on a handful of occasions, including at both Gamescom and QuakeCon. Howard had originally wanted to release the game at E3, as Bethesda did in 2015 with Fallout Shelter. However, the game simply wasn’t ready in time.
Although it is set to release before the end of 2018, Bethesda hasn’t announced any firm dates. Although the game is primarily a mobile title, it will also be playable on PC. In fact, the game will also feature full VR support, and crossplay between mobile and PC, including VR. Impressively, this means that a person playing in VR on their home PC can play online with someone using their phone.