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
- General
- The big news this week is the announcement of the first UK escape room conference in Nottingham. Tickets are on sale and running out fast so if you’re an owner then I’d recommend you get in and book!
- It’s not really news but this site’s detailed escape room listing has now been upgraded to include information about duplicate games. Hover over the duplicate icon () and you’ll get information about where else the game is present in the UK including alternative names. Remember that there are now region specific pages too – follow the links from the top of the page.
- North East England
- The Escape Key venue in Newcastle was visited by the local newspaper.
- East of England
- First mention of a new escape room in East Anglia. Escape Rooms Suffolk is set to open in Bury St Edmonds with a single room – no date as yet.
- Scotland
- Padlox Escape Rooms in Edinburgh were mentioned in their local paper.
- Escape Reality Edinburgh opens this week just outside the city centre with six games: Alcatraz, Jungala, The Asylum, Nosferatu, Machina and their new game Tortuga Pirates
- South East England
- Dino Land is opening at The Panic Room Gravesend. Yes. Dinosaurs. In an Escape Room.
- Deadlocked Rooms in Reading open their doors this week with their first game out The Phoenix Research
- London
- Escape Plan opens a new game this week – Battle for Britain
- Ireland
- Escape Boats in Dublin got a strong writeup in the Sunday Times (registration required)
- West Midlands
- Escape Hunt Birmingham were mentioned in the local paper this week including their planned site.
- Mapcar Exit Coventry opened their second game, Secret Russian Tent
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- The Labyrinth was visited by the local newspaper.
- The Great Escape Game Sheffield have opened a second venue in the city with the Abducted and Submarine games from their Leeds venue making an appearance.
- Crack The Code Sheffield open two new games this week – Zoltan and Apartment 9
- North West England
- Lucardo close Contamination this week.
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!