While I can think of any number of IPs that Fortnite has not yet scooped up for its ever-expanding metaverse, I have to admit this one never even remotely crossed my mind.
After some rumors a while back, it’s true, The Office is coming to Fortnite, as confirmed by a tweets from the official Fortnite account.
The Office crossover will launch sometime during the next update, meaning from January 22 to February 5. The two skins reportedly coming are Michael Scott (of course) and Dwight (also of course), though there’s no word if this could expand to Jim, Pam or anyone else. Usually, most collabs are two skins, but we’ll see.
I will list this as one of the most unexpected collabs I’ve ever seen in Fortnite, which is definitely saying something. It makes me think of what could possibly be next. Leslie and Ron from Parks and Recreation? Jack and Liz from 30 Rock? Michael and Janet from The Good Place? We cannot take anything off the table, no matter how normal it may sound. Let’s keep going! Friends? Seinfeld? Stever Urkel? The sky is the limit now that this dam has broken.
For some, myself included, Fortnite has turned into sort of a digital action-figure-collecting simulator, and I cannot turn down getting virtual Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute dolls. I’m curious what other cosmetics they’ll launch with, namely mining tools. Dwight wields a samurai sword at some point during the show, though we have plenty of those as pickaxes already.
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There is a list of other collabs that are supposedly coming either this season or next. Those would be:
- Marvel Rivals – Luna and Magik
- Regular Show – Mordecai, Skips, Rigby
- Looney Tunes – Lola Bunny, Daffy
- Ninjago pt. 2 – Lloyd, Nya, Wu
- Solo Leveling – Jin-woo and I imagine Chae Hae-In
- Ed, Edd and Eddy – This should be obvious
As for The Office, there are no official renders of Dwight and Michael’s skins yet, outside of a zillion AI-generated images from Nano Banana, Grok and Midjourney that are…actually quite good at doing this sort of thing lately. I would expect official art soon, however, which should come alongside a release date that could be as soon as tomorrow or as late as early February.
I mean, I’ve got my wallet ready for this one. The Office was a seminal series for me growing up, and I’m not going to give up the chance to shoot Batman with Dwight Schrute.