The critical role may soon announce a video game

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Critical Role hints at a big video game announcement coming in early 2025.
It is unclear whether the group is working on their own game or opening a video game production studio.
The web series will celebrate its 10th anniversary in March 2025.

A critical role he may be working on a video game, and it looks like he'll be announcing “something exciting” regarding the subject soon. A few details about the critically acclaimed Dungeons and Dragons web series' foray into the video game industry is still in the works, but hints in a recent interview revealed that it hopes to make a big announcement by the end of the year, if not early 2025, for the stream's 10th anniversary.

Between Dungeons and Dragons currents, A critical role is one of the most popular and long-lasting. From its humble beginnings in 2015 A critical role has transformed itself into a multimedia business comprised of subsidiaries that include animation production company Metapigeon, board game publisher Darrington Press, and subscription streaming service Beacon.

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Now, it seems A critical role also plans to enter the video game industry. During an interview with Rolling Stone, A critical role CEO, cast member, and voice actor Travis Willingham confirmed that the group has been working on getting into video games for some time. “We're coming to the end of the long journey we've been on for the last couple of years,” he said, “and hopefully we'll have something really exciting to share, maybe at the end of the year, maybe early 2025, just in time for our 10 year anniversary.”

The critical role brings a big announcement to early 2025

Willingham went on to mention his recent collaborations with other games such as A critical role x Between us crossover, Pillars of Eternity 2 DLC and Exandrian characters Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realmsthey were “dipping their toes in the pool just to see what it was like”. He also noted that between the rampant layoffs and controversies surrounding generative artificial intelligence in gaming, “there's been a lot of upheaval right in the interactive space,” so A critical role is “trying to be smarter about it and figure out how we can fit into this larger ecosystem.”

“We're coming to the end of the long journey we've been on for the past few years. And hopefully we'll have something really exciting to share, maybe at the end of the year, maybe early 2025, right around our 10-year anniversary.”

Fans can only speculate about what the announcement will be A critical role is planning It could announce a video game production studio, as it did with A critical role's Darrington Press or Metapigeon, though he could already be working on an actual video game. From a Baldur's Gate 3RPG-style or Soulslike hack-and-slash on an MMO set in Exandria or even a dating simulator with a main cast A critical rolethere are many directions such a project could take.

The first episode A critical role aired on March 12, 2015, so the latest fans can probably expect to hear about this “really exciting” announcement is before its 10th anniversary next year. The Game Awards are also on December 12th, and while it's unlikely, it's possible A critical role could announce something there, as the ceremony has been used for many video game reveals in the past. Either way, the creature community is excited about Exandria's two moons and can't wait to see A critical role he has the cast ready for them.