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SEASON PASS

Mythic Quest is a workplace sitcom about the dev team behind the most popular (fictional) MMORPG in the world. We talked to some of the actors and creators behind the show (which is co-produced by Ubisoft Film & Television) about the serious game industry issues it tackles with humor, how gamers and developers have responded to the show, and if there are any similarities between making a game and making a show about a game.

In Mythic Quest’s pilot episode, the team was scrambling to complete its first expansion, called , and season two similarly begins with the gang hard. And in some ways, it sounds like making the second season of a television show might not be all that different from releasing a new expansion for a popular game. Viewers, like players, want something new and surprising, but there’s some danger in straying too far from the formula fans have come to expect.

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