Bonus: New Xbox Handheld, Persona 4 Revival, and Showcase Reax

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.6 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Editor's Note: While we opted to cover this showcase, we would be remiss if we didn't once again highlight the ongoing Xbox boycott A Persona 4 remake! An Xbox handheld! Some actual RPGs! But no Fable? Kat and Nadia react to the Xbox Showcase and speculate on what's in store in 2026. Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.com Timestamps: 0:10 - Xbox handheld reax 7:20 - Persona 4 Revival 10:39 - Clockwork Revolution 13:46 - Roundup: Animo, Fallout 76, and more 22:00 - Xbox's outlook in 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We just got done watching the Xbox Showcase and a chunk of the Outer Worlds to reveal.
0:10.0	I'm here with Nadia Oxford, and we are reacting to everything that was just announced.
0:16.0	Some of the big headlines from the Xbox Showcase, Persona 4, Revival, confirmed.
0:23.5	Xbox handheld has been properly revealed.
0:26.2	It's called the Xbox ally made in conjunction with Republic of Gamers.
0:31.2	We saw more Clockwork Revolution.
0:34.1	We did not see Fable or Silk Song, which was surprising.
0:40.4	Nadia, what was your reaction to the Xbox showcase?
0:44.3	Well, like I said during the stream, I got to give them the chutzpah for like just, like, they made it so obvious like, hey, this handheld that we're introducing is for Silk Song.
0:53.1	And we did not see Silk Song, which says to me
0:56.1	that somebody has the rights to that trailer. I'm guessing Nintendo at this point. It's Nintendo.
1:01.9	Because I have to admit, like, when you think about it, a Hollow Night became a big thing on
1:06.5	the Switch, because it was like one of the games that everyone picked up when they were kind of
1:10.9	Jonzing for something to play that wasn't Zelda. So I understand why they would save it
1:14.7	maybe for the Switch 2. If we see it on the Switch 2, who knows at this point? Could be another
1:18.1	year without Silk Song. Maybe they're just really having fun edging everyone. I don't blame them.
1:22.5	It's pretty funny. Let's start with the top story, which is Xbox is making a handheld.
1:31.1	Nadia, is there any way that you're going to be buying this handheld?
1:35.9	I didn't see. Did they reveal the price yet?
1:39.5	I don't think so.
1:41.7	Yeah.
1:42.6	They confirmed that it would have a Risen and that it would be 512 gigs of hard drive space.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 13 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Kat Bailey, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Kat Bailey and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.