Welcome to your weekly escape room rumour round-up with updates on 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
- National
- Here’s an article in the Telegraph about play at home escape rooms.
- London
- Aftermath the Game, the mobile London company, have launched their second game – the Missing Link
- Ireland
- Escape HQ opened in Carlingford with two modified versions of Breakout games – Infiltrate and Vacancy
- North East England
- Enigma Mobile are running their mobile game in Gateshead on the weekend of 28/29 October.
- North West England
- Lockdown Escape Rooms open this week in Oldham with three games – Contagion, Condemned and A.W.O.L. Two more games to follow!
- Santa’s Naught or Nice List is opening at Lakes Escape
- Virtual Reality Centres
- Other Worlds Escape: Escape or Die is a new VR venue in London that opens this week. Tickets available through seetickets.
- West Midlands
- Houdini’s Mysterium opens at Xscape Now
- South East England
- Exciting Escapes were interviewed by the BBC.
- Dark Deeds and Groceries is opening at Exciting Escapes in Basingstoke.
- Time Lock have announced their venue in Worthing. Expect to see them open early next year.
- You’re Next is opening at Time 2 Escape in Strood in Kent.
- Blog posts
- The Logic Escapes Me
- A Tourist’s trip to Glasgow
- Escape Asylum (Leicester): Hostage
- Random Rooms: Prisoners Room, Goddess Curse Room, The Motel Room and the Random Room
- El Cubo de los Secretos/The Cube of Secrets (Malaga, Spain): La Piedra Carmesi/The Crimson Stone
- Torrenigma (Torre del Mar, Spain): El Amuleto Arcano/The Arcane Amulet
- Lock Us Up
- Brit of an Escape Habit
- Escape and Conquer
- Escape Review
- Escape the Review
- The Logic Escapes Me
That’s all I’m aware of. If any of the above is incorrect or if you’re aware of other news, significant 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!