Welcome to your weekly escape room rumour round up packed full of new games, venues and media mentions.
This site is always on the look out for new games or venues that are opening, references in the media or anything else that might be of interest to the readers, so please do send an email if you spot anything of interest. That applies to owners too – feel free to send me your news for inclusion here. Don’t be shy!
On to the news
A quieter week this time round. Big thanks again to Paul from Bolt Escape Games Dublin and Jackie from Exit Games Scotland for keeping me in the loop on Scotland and Ireland.
- Scotland
- Glasgow is set to get another escape company: Locked In Escape Room
- Escape Rooms Scotland Dundee have opened their third game, Saw
- Escape Glasgow opened their version of the Witchcraft and Wizardry game.
- West Midlands
- Ex(c)iting Game is set to open a new venue in Birmingham
- Ireland
- Bolt Escape Games Dublin are closing Detention Time with Dressing Room Drama replacing it.
- Asylroom Galway opened their new game, Chernobyl
- South East England
- Real Life Games in Ramsgate are set to open with their first game entitled Extinction.
- Other World Escapes, the Southampton based company, open their first game, Mayan
- Elusion Rooms, also based in Southampton, open their doors this week with The Pandora Heist
- The Travelling Puzzle Emporium is a new mobile escape room company
- Pirates of the Stormy Seas is opening at Escape Kent
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Biohazard is opening at Norris Box
- South West England
- Bristol has been in want of another venue since Fathom Escape closed early last year. The good news is that a new company has finally arrived: Riddlr. They’ve got three games to entertain you, Prison State, The Brunel Enigma and Zombie Apocalypse
- London
- Next weekend a popup escape room will be running at the Big Summer Jewish Fete.
- Metro remembered that there’s a Harry-Potter-esque escape room in London
- Clockwork Dog closed Loop after their two month opening
- East Midlands
- Unescapable opened their second game Edith
- Trapp’d Northampton opened with two games, The Monosphere and Molten Creek Mine
- East of England
- Chelmsford Escape Rooms open this week with their first game, The Last Testament
- Rustic Riddles opened with their first game, Pan’s Problem, an outdoor escape room.
- North West England
- The Dungeons opened their escape room last week. Exciting to see Merlin, the theme park group, open up a permanent escape room.
That’s all I’m aware of. If any of the above is incorrect or if you’re aware of other news, discounts or competitions, then let me know via email or in the comments below and I’ll include updates in the next edition.
Thanks for reading!
Hi all.
Thanks for mentioning our forthcoming escape rooms in Newton Abbot, Devon. We’re called Devon Escape and are hoping to open around mid August with our first room ‘Professor Enright’s Enigma’ with our second room ‘Death on Dartmoor’ to follow. Be great to see you all!
You’ve very probably seen the Clue HQ third birthday promo e-mail for three of their sites. I’m not quite sure how I feel about them celebrating their third birthday on July 3rd when I had them opening on June 28th (see also this post on June 29th). They ought to know, and quite possibly there was a soft opening before a grand opening on July 3rd, but still. Hmph.