Hi Folks,

I hope everyone’s 2026 is off to a good start! I wanted to take some time to update everyone on the current state of the released titles, when to expect the remaining platforms to receive Axis 26, and what our plan is for the future. Since we released Axis Football 2026 back in September 2025, we’ve been hard at work fixing bugs, preparing the game for porting, and planning the next iteration of the title. We have released on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and we are happy to announce that we are now live on Switch (see link below)!  That leaves mobile as the only remaining platform, and our mobile porting team is very close to submitting!

Buy Axis Football 2026 on Nintendo Switch

Future Release Schedule

After we released Axis 2024, we decided to try out a two-year release cycle, skipping the 2025 title. While this approach provided some benefit, the overall process generated less continuity than we hoped. As a result, we will resume our normal one year development cycle – providing, as always, that we are able to add enough content and features to warrant a new purchase. As for our work supporting the existing Axis 2026 title, we have not shifted work entirely to Axis 2027. That means that you can likely expect one final patch to sure up any remaining bugs or balancing issues.

College Stats

Releasing in about 9 months, Axis 27 will be a huge step up in a few areas. While we aren’t ready to reveal everything we’ve been working on, we can share some improvements to the scouting, drafting, and trading process. Overall, we wanted the process to be more realistic and rewarding, providing benefit to the user for putting in the work to find the hidden gems and busts in the draft. In the NFL, scouts use a variety of data points and intuition to determine the projected skill of potential players. College stats are a large piece of this puzzle. In Axis 27, users will have access to the college stats from all players entering the draft. These stats are visible from both the scouting window and the live draft and draft preview screens.

New Watchlist Feature

One of the requests we received frequently over the past two years was a better way to track players that users were interested in potentially drafting. Axis 26 already tracked players that the user scouted, but there was not a way to flag unscouted players to watch. New in Axis 27 will be the ability to add players to a watchlist. Players on the watchlist will automatically sort to the top of the draft window!

Mock Drafts

Perhaps one of the most exciting times of the NFL offseason comes when the mock drafts start to roll in. It’s fun to see where potential superstars will land and how teams will prioritize certain positions over another. There is also a huge strategic element to knowing the likely picks coming up. Should a team go ahead and draft a player, or could they wait and snag him in the next round and grab someone else now? Knowing if other teams are interested in a player can be the difference between a good and bad draft. New in Axis 27, the old Draft Summary tab will now also show a mock draft for the next round’s picks. If there are 32 teams in a franchise, it will show the mock draft picks for the next 32 picks. If there are 12 teams in a franchise, it will show the next 12 picks. One really cool feature of the mock draft is that it will update in real time during both the season and the live draft. That means that you can use it to track which players teams are interested in during the season and use that to influence trades and free agent signings. While the mock draft won’t always be correct, it will be a useful tool for both curious players and hardcore strategists alike!

Pick Position & Drafting Logic

A small but valuable improvement to the trades window will also be available in Axis 27. When viewing teams for trades, you can now see that team’s current draft pick position in real time as the season progresses and finishes. This will help identify a more accurate value for draft picks for those teams, as there’s a huge difference between a first round pick from a bad team and a first round pick from a good team. Additionally, we improved the AI’s ability to select draft picks that better align with their team’s needs and future planning. This should result in more balanced teams – especially as users go several years into a franchise.

As always, we would love to hear from you about this and chat with you about your ideas for the future of Axis Football. Feel free to use any of the links below to get in touch with us.

Discord: https://discord.gg/YFuF9TSZKV
Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/axisfootball?lang=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AxisGames/

Best,

Danny Jugan
President & Lead Developer, Axis Games