Key Takeaways
- Mythic Quest Season 4 premieres January 29, 2025 on Apple TV+.
- Apple TV+ also announces details of a new spin-off series, “Side Quest”.
- The show is known for accurately portraying the video game industry and tackles real-life industry trends.
Apple TV+ has announced the return date for Season 4 of its video game workplace comedy Mythic Quest. The update also came with news about a new spin-off series that takes place in the Mythic Quest universe.
Mythic Quest comes from creators Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, and Rob McElhenney, the latter of whom is also a star in the series. The Apple TV+ show takes place in the office of a fictional video game company and follows the employees who are responsible for bringing to life Raven’s Banquet, a massively popular online multiplayer game. Along with McElhenney, the cast includes Charlotte Nicdao, Ashly Burch, Jessie Ennis, David Hornsby, Imani Hakim, and Danny Pudi. Mythic Quest aired its first season in 2020, with three more seasons released intermittently over the next four years. It was renewed for a double-season order by Apple TV back in 2021 but saw significant delays, likely due to the guild strikes in Hollywood.
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Mythic Quest Season 4 Release Date Announced
Now there’s finally news on when audiences can expect the fourth season of Mythic Quest. Apple TV+ announcedMythic Quest Season 4’s ten-episode season will drop its first two episodes on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, with new episodes airing weekly until March 26. In terms of plot, Apple TV+ hinted that the new season will see the reunited team face new challenges in the changing video game landscape. The end of Season 3 saw Poppy and Ian return to Mythic Quest after attempting to make it on their own with their new company GrimPop. Meanwhile, the last episode saw Dana decide to start anew with her own company and poach Brad and Jo from Mythic Quest to help her.
Apple TV+ Reveals Details About Mythic Quest Companion Show
In addition to Mythic Quest Season 4’s date, Apple TV+ also unveiled the new spin-off series titled Side Quest. The series is an anthology comprised of four episodes that will be released immediately after Mythic Quest Season 4’s finale on March 26. The series explores the lives of employees, players, and fans who have been impacted by the game, and the cast includes Anna Konkle, Derek Waters, William Stanford Davis, Bria Henderson, Rome Flynn, Leonard Robinson, Gary Kraus, Annamarie Kasper, Esai Morales, Shalita Grant and McElhenney, plus many more. Ashly Burch, John Howell Harris, and Katie McElhenney serve as creators and executive producers. Side Quest will seemingly continue the successful bottle episode format that Mythic Quest employed throughout its seasons in episodes like “A Dark Quiet Death”, “Backstory!” and “Sarian”.
An expansion of the “Mythic Quest” universe, “Side Quest” explores the lives of employees, players and fans who are impacted by the game in an anthology format.
Despite its comedic and parodying nature, Mythic Quest has often been praised for its accuracy in portraying the working life in the video game industry. Throughout its three seasons so far, Mythic Quest has tackled topics like the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for new game expansions, game development crunch, and the video game-to-movie adaptation trend. As it moves into its fourth season, it will be interesting to see if Mythic Quest adopts some recent real-life industry trends, such as the mass lay-offs and company closures that have impacted the industry of late.
Mythic Quest Season 4 will be released on Apple TV+ starting January 29, 2025.