Hi Folks,
In an effort to better communicate our goals and development of Axis Football, we plan to utilize these dev blog posts to share what’s going on at Axis Games. Axis Football 2024 is out on all major platforms (Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch), and after a handful of patches and updates, we’ve reached a stable build. The current patch on Steam is v3.5, and the same update should soon be pushed to the other platforms. We will continue to monitor Axis 24 and update as needed, but our main focus has shifted to the next version in the series.
Since 2015, we have released Axis Football annually, and Axis Football 2024 was our ninth consecutive title. Our goal every release was to add enough new content and improvements to warrant a new purchase. As the game has improved each year and the areas for easy improvement have disappeared, this task has become more and more difficult and expensive. This is a good thing, as it is evidence that the game is in a much better place, but it does present us with a situation that we cannot ignore.
Traditionally, our development cycle has followed a consistent pattern. We release a new game in August or September, then spend the next 3-4 months supporting the game with patches and updates. Following that, we spend the next 5-6 months working on features for the next version. That leaves about 3 months for testing, porting, and releasing before the cycle repeats. With the current state of Axis Football, it is very difficult to add enough new features and improvements in 5-6 months that warrant a new purchase, and we are not interested in releasing a version that simply has an updated title with new colors or menus.
So, after a lot of thought and discussions with community members, we have decided to adjust our traditional release schedule. We will not release a new version of Axis Football in 2024 and will instead take that time to overhaul several systems that need to be rebuilt from the ground up. The next version of Axis Football will be Axis Football 2026, and it will release in August of 2025. Over the next few months, we will continue to update you on progress, but I can share that we have plans to revamp many of the on-field animations, movements, and logic. We plan to add new play types like RPO and a complete play creator! Other features include new crowds in stadiums, an overhauled menu system for the franchise dashboard, new franchise features, and much more!
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]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