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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