There are quite a few competitors in the Trading Card game field. Blizzard's Hearthstone has found lots of success, and games like Magic The Gathering and Pokemon both have dedicated fan bases for their respective card games. It makes sense, then, that some may fall out of style, which appears to be the case with The Elder Scrolls: Legends, as the card game based on Bethesda's fantasy series has now been put on an indefinite hiatus.
In a community post on Reddit, Bethesda explained that it has decided "to put any new content development or releases on hold for the foreseeable future". Previously, Bethesda had announced plans to release one more card pack before the end of the year, though that has now been scrapped completely. In fact, new expansions and other content are no longer in active development whatsoever, meaning the game will remain as it is now. Legends is, however, still downloadable and playable for those that are fine with the game in its current state. The Asia-specific version of Legends is also still being worked on, as development on that version is operated seperately.
Bethesda didn't announce a specific reason for ending active development on the game, though it's presumably because it simply didn't garner enough of a player base to keep it going. The company currently has several other projects in development for the franchise, most Notably Elder Scrolls 6, which was announced at E3 2018. It's unclear whether or not the team will be moved to work on those other projects instead.
Previously, Elder Scrolls Legends was ported to consoles, presumably with the hope of injecting more life into its player base. It appears that move simply wasn't enough, and the future of the game is now unclear. It's possible that the game re-enters development at some point, if it's able to miraculously attract new players, but that seems incredibly unlikely. The genre is pretty crowded considering how niche it is, and no new content being added is effectively a death sentence. Still, one can hope that new content will be added at some point for any hold outs.
It'll be interesting to see if Bethesda's other mobile Elder Scrolls game, Blades, suffers the same fate. Blades is slated to release on consoles but was recently delayed without a solid release date. Time will tell whether the project is able to sink or swim, but at least fans of the franchise still have Elder Scrolls 6 and new content for Elder Scrolls Online to look forward to.
The Elder Scrolls: Legends is available for Mobile, PS4, PC, and Xbox One.
Source: Reddit