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Rob McElhenney’s Mythic Quest has set a Season 4 release date of January 29, 2025, and revealed a first-look at its new Side Quest spinoff series.
Season 4 of the hit Apple TV+ show will premiere early next year with two episodes to start, with single episodes dropping every following week until its finale arrives March 26. The tech company’s streaming platform also unveiled a batch of screenshots from Mythic Quest’s fourth season as well as a short summary teasing what to expect.
“Season four of ‘Mythic Quest’ brings stars Rob McElhenney, Charlotte Nicdao, David Hornsby, Danny Pudi, Ashly Burch, Imani Hakim, Jessie Ennis and Naomi Ekperigin under the same fluorescent office lights as the reunited team at Mythic Quest confronts new challenges amongst a changing video game landscape as stars rise, egos clash, relationships bloom, and everyone tries to have a little more work work life balance,” the summary says.
With Mythic Quest Season 4 only a few months away, Apple also took the time to reveal the first few images from its upcoming spinoff, Side Quest. The show, which was previously known as Mere Mortals, is an anthology series set within Mythic Quest’s universe. Apple says it’s set to launch all four episodes on March 26, explaining that it “explores the lives of employees, players, and fans who are impacted by the game in an anthology format.”
Side Quest stars McElhenney, Anna Konkle, Derek Waters, William Stanford Davis, Bria Henderson, and more. Specific details on each episode’s plot have yet to be revealed. Today’s first look reveals little in terms of story details but still shows off some of the many characters the spinoff will focus on.
McElhenney created the video game studio-centered Apple show alongside It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia collaborators Charlie Day and Megan Ganz and launched its first season in 2020. It’s continued to be a favorite among subscribers since its debut, and we’ve mostly enjoyed it to. While we gave Season 1, which originally aired under the title Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, a 6/10 in our original review, we gave its Season 2 premiere an 8/10. We liked Season 3 even more when it arrived in 2023, awarding it a 9/10.
We spoke with Ganz and McElhenney in early 2023 to learn more about the chances of a movie or game spinoff and how the series will continue following actor F. Murray Abraham’s exit. For more, you can read up on how the team behind the Apple show has done its best to stay true to the gaming industry.
Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He started writing in the industry in 2017 and is best known for his work at outlets such as The Pitch, The Escapist, OnlySP, and Gameranx.
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