If this wasn't an RPG podcast we could have talked about Ace Combat the entire time. But luckily for you it IS an RPG podcast so Eric, Nadia, Victor, and special guest Len Hafer discuss all their most-anticipated RPGs of 2026 (and possibly beyond)! From the newest Fire Emblem to re-releases of GBA cult-classics, from Inaba to Singapore, from tactics to action; it's all here, baby, on this very futuristic episode of Axe of the Blood God!

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Also in this episode:

First person to correctly guess what picture Victor put in chat during the Monster Hunter Stories 3 segment gets a shout-out on the next episode
But which part of the Divinity trailer is the grossest?
How to get into Ys
Anime Music Videos

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Timestamps:

8:32 - Main Topic - Hidden Gems of 2025

1:29:26 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Welcome to VA-11 HALL-A - [VA-11 HALL-A]

Games Mentioned in this Episode:

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy

.45 Parabellum Bloodhound

Monster Hunter Stories 3

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

Persona 4 Revival

Final Fantasy XIV 8.0: Noonballoon

Dragon Quest VII ReImagined

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

Divinity

Varsapura

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales

Code Vein II

Blood of the Dawnwalker

Mina The Hollower

Sigma Star Saga DX

Pokopia

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter

Big Walk

Terra Invicta

Abyss X Zero

Duskbloods

Queen's Domain

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve

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Most-Anticipated RPGs of 2026