Escape Room Rumours – 10 July 2017

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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 Jackie from Exit Games Scotland and Paul from Bolt Escape Games Dublin for keeping me in the loop on Ireland and Scotland.

  • East Midlands
    • We’ve known for a while but I don’t think there’s been any mention on this site – Escapologic, one of the most popular escape venues in the country have acquired a second site. Expect games to start appearing in Leicester later this year.
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
    • The Escaporium have opened with their first game called Operation Moonshine
  • North West England
    • Only last week I mentioned that Escape Reality would likely overtake Breakout as #3 in the country. Well, that obviously wasn’t acceptable to the Breakout Liverpool crew and they’ve announced that they’ll be opening more rooms at the branch, having taken over another floor of the building. Expect copies of Vacancy and the Detective Office to open soon but there are more in the pipeline.
    • A few months ago, Escape Hunt declared their intention to open sites across the whole country. Well, it looks like they’re starting to deliver on that promise, first with a Birmingham announcement and now this article about a new site in Manchester.
  • West Midlands
    • Escape Live is another company that we’ve known was set to launch a new venue but I don’t think had had a mention and they’ve now announced an address so we’ve added a pin to the map.
    • And their sister venue, over in Coventry, have opened Casino Heist, a “steal as much as you can” escape room.
  • London
  • North East England
    • Pirate Escape in Whitby opened The Pirate’s Forbidden Jungle
  • East of England
  • South West England
    • A new company, Puzzle Room Cornwall, have opened in the South West. Their first game, open already, is The Mine
    • There’s a one night competition, Breakout Bristol, taking place in Bristol that sees teams taking on what looks to be a mixture of mental and physical challenges and culminates in an escape room. I’m not certain but given the description, it looks to be either Hell in a Cell or a variant thereof.

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!

2 thoughts on “Escape Room Rumours – 10 July 2017”

  1. Hi Ken, I’m kind of new to the group so was not sure if you know about Abducted Live, in Hastings, East Sussex. We have been open just over a year now. We are a horror based escape offering a normal 60 miniute escape and a 90 minute extreme scary escape. Due to returning customers we now offer Abducted 2 which is a carry on from the first game a bit like a movie. Our website is http://www.abductedlive.co.uk

    1. Thanks – I’m aware and you’re mentioned in various places on the site. You’ll find a full listing of games here:
      http://exitgames.co.uk/exit-games/
      There’s a listing of SE games here:
      http://exitgames.co.uk/exit-game-details-south-east-england/
      and the map is on the front page.

      We also ran an article last year when we first found out about your venue:
      http://exitgames.co.uk/blog/2016/07/24/south-coast-solving/
      (back then the weekly update was over on http://thelogicescapesme.com so appeared here:
      http://thelogicescapesme.com/news/escape-game-rumours-4-july-2016/ )

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