Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual! is the next installment in classic adventure and comic series and as per the title -- it's being developed for VR. Which means swapping out a pointing and clicking mouse for a pair of Oculus Touch-style controllers. Announced at Gamescom 2020 the latest Freelance Police adventure also includes behind the scenes talent from ex-LucasArts veterans.

With both Michael Stemmle (who co-directed the original Sam & Max Hit the Road in addition to working on several Telltale classics) and Mike Levine (another LucasArts veteran) on board at development studio HappyGiant.

Here's the announcement trailer.

For the first time ever, gamers will play not as Sam and Max, but alongside them, in virtual reality. Players will be recruited and trained as one of the few, the proud, the miscreant Freelance Police. As a new cadet, the player will be put through a series of graded courses set up by the duo inside an abandoned theme park, which probably harbors a dark and dangerous secret. As players progress, they'll put their new skills to the test in Sam & Max's neighborhood, as well as other locales that defy description (well, not really, we just don't want to tell you about them yet!).

As per above the story involves you (and your disembodied VR-hands) serving as the latest recruit into the Freelance Police, with the setting being their own brand of Police Academy.

Fan will be pleased to know that Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell is consulting on the new game too.

“Decades ahead of the curve, we spoofed what Sam & Max VR might be like. Now, finally we can really step into their world,” says Steve Purcell, the creator of Sam & Max. “HappyGiant is doing an amazing job capturing the flavor of Sam & Max’s bizarre universe. After drawing these characters for so long, it’s mind-blowing to finally walk through the door and actually interact with Sam & Max in VR.”

“It’s like deja vu all over again,” said Mike Levine, CEO of HappyGiant. “To be working with Steve again, as well as Peter, Mike, and Bay Area Sound, is insanely cool, humbling, and just plain weird, after so much time has passed.”

Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual! is due for release in 2021.