The critical role could announce a video game soon

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Critical Role hints at a big video game announcement by 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.

Critical role maybe he's working on a video game of some sort, and it looks like he'll be announcing “something interesting” related to the subject soon. Some details on the critically acclaimed Dungeons and Dragons The web series' foray into the video game industry is still on the cards, but hints from a recent interview revealed that they're hoping to make a big announcement before the end of the year, if not as early as 2025, for the 10th anniversary of flow.

Among Dungeons and Dragons streams, Critical role is one of the most popular and long-lasting. From its humble beginnings in 2015, Critical role has morphed into a multimedia enterprise comprised of branches that include animation production company Metapigeon, board game publisher Darrington Press, and subscription streaming service Beacon.

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Now, it seems Critical role also plans to enter the video game industry. During an interview with Rolling Stone, Critical role CEO, cast member and voice actor Travis Willingham confirmed that the group has been working on video games for some time. “We're starting to come to the end of a long journey that we've been on for the last two 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.”

Critical Role is teasing a big announcement by early 2025

Willingham went on to say his recent collaborations with other games such as Critical role x Among Us crossover, the Pillars of Eternity 2 DLC and exandrian characters in Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realmsthere were “little dips in the pool just to see how it feels.” He also acknowledged that between rampant layoffs and controversies involving generative AI in games, there's been “a lot of turmoil in the interactive space right now,” so Critical role “try to get smarter about it and figure out how we can fit into that larger ecosystem.”

“We are starting to reach the end of a long road that we have traveled over the last two years. And hopefully we'll have something really exciting to share, maybe around the end of the year, maybe early 2025, just in time for our 10-year anniversary.”

At this point, fans can only speculate as to what the announcement is Critical role it's planning. It could announce a video game production studio, as it did Critical roleDarrington Press or Metapigeon, though they might already be working on an actual video game as well. From a Baldur's Gate 3-RPG style or a Souls-style hack-and-slash to an MMO set in Exandria or even a dating sim with the main cast of Critical rolethere are lots of directions such a project could go.

The first episode of Critical role aired on March 12, 2015, so the latest fans can probably expect to find out what this “really exciting” announcement is before the 10th anniversary next year. The Game Awards are also on December 12, and while it's unlikely, it's possible Critical role could be announcing something there, as the ceremony has historically been used for many video game reveals in the past. Either way, the Critter community is excited about the twin moons of Exandria and can't wait to see what Critical role the distribution reserves them.