The creators of Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet wanted as realistic a video game as possible, and they utilized Ubisoft's own development teams to make it come to life. Recently released on Apple TV+, Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet is a television show centered around the developers of the most popular massively-multiplayer online role-playing game in the world.
Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet was co-created by Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Megan Ganz, with all three three having previously worked together on the hugely-popular FX (and later FXX) show It's Always Sunny In Philidelphia. Like It's Always Sunny, McElhenney not only serves as co-creator and executive producer for Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet but also as one of the show's primary cast members, here in the role of Ian Grimm, the titular MMO's creative director.
Now, thanks to a recent post by The Hollywood Reporter, fans of Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet know just exactly how much work was put in to making the show's in-universe video game feel and look as realistic as possible. The solution was quite simple, actually, although it likely took a lot of work: They used real Ubisoft developers, specifically a team at Red Storm who had previously worked on the Far Cry and Ghost Recon franchises. According to Ubisoft's director of television, Danielle Kreinik, "It was really important that the show was grounded in the actual world of gaming."
It's no surprise Ubisoft would assign one of their own studios to work on this aspect of the Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet television show, especially because they are one of the production companies behind the show's creation. Other Ubisoft titles, such as clips from the Assassin's Creed franchise and games like For Honor and Kingdom Come: Deliverance, are also featured in the show, but these clips are said to be used mainly for transitional scenes and not for the primary Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet in-game footage.
While Apple TV+ is still nowhere near as popular as other television streaming services like Netflix and the also-recently released Disney+, quality new titles like Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet will go a long way towards giving the service some sort of stability. A show of this nature is likely to live or die based on its reception of video game audiences, so it's a good thing Ubisoft and the other creatives behind it seem to be giving the in-universe version of Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet the attention it deserves... and if the show gets to be as popular as It's Always Sunny, they'll already have a video game tie-in project halfway done.
Source: THR