It has been over a decade because the American model of The Office got here to an finish, however followers have repeatedly made it probably the most common comedy sequence out there to stream. Now, Meta and NBCUniversal are providing gamers an opportunity to grow to be the newest workers of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton workplace in a brand new VR recreation, The Office World.
The Office World might be out there on the Meta Horizon platform, and it lets gamers choose their desks at Dunder Mifflin earlier than giving them minigames that had been impressed by the present’s nine-season run. The minigames and the workplace itself may even reference a few of the present’s greatest gags, together with Kevin Malone’s ill-fated chili and Dwight Schrute’s stapler encased in Jello. Talking of Dwight, gamers can earn Schrute Bucks to customise their desks and purchase gadgets from the corporate’s merchandising machine.
Nonetheless, the sport appears to be lacking one of many key elements that made The Office so entertaining: the characters. Viewers weren’t watching the present simply to see a wacky office comedy; they got here as a result of they cherished the ensemble forged and the characters they had been portraying. It will be onerous for any recreation to recapture that, however The Office World does enable gamers to look at episodes of The Office by way of the Peacock app on Meta Quest. That must be sufficient for anybody who desires their repair of the present.
Meta Horizon will launch The Office World on October 10. In the meantime, the primary trailer for the Australian model of The Office lately debuted. Peacock has additionally ordered an Office follow-up sequence referred to as The Paper, which can debut as quickly as 2025.