A Vancouver-based video game company has hit the top of the Apple and Google download charts with a new mobile game based on the popular TV show The Office.
And East Side Games general manager Josh Nilson, who is originally from a small community north of Prince George, hopes the game’s success will further bolster B.C.’s reputation as a tech hub and attract more people from all backgrounds to the industry.
The company has already developed games based on popular TV shows including RuPaul’s Drag Race and Trailer Park Boys, but getting the rights to the American version of The Office was a major boost, he said.
Even though the program has been off the air for nearly 10 years, it still has a large fan following and regularly tops streaming charts as people re-watch the show’s nine seasons.
The game, titled The Office: Somehow We Manage, has players working at the fictional…
