Escape Room Rumours – 14 January 2019

Welcome to your weekly fix of UK and Irish escape room news covering everything that this site has discovered in the last seven days!

Exit Games is always on the look-out for new rooms 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

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!

Escape Room Rumours – 7 January 2019

This post should have started by wishing you a Happy New Year. Unfortunately, the start to 2019 has been anything but happy in the escape room world. In case you haven’t read the many news reports, on Friday 4 January, there was a fire in an escape room venue in Koszalin, Poland which claimed the lives of five teenage girls celebrating a birthday. Words can’t express the sadness felt in the escape room community and while the tragedy may have taken place on the other side of Europe, it’s clear that the UK community is devastated by these deaths too.  The thoughts of all us are with the families and friends of those five girls and with the man who was seriously injured in the fire.

While nothing can bring those teenagers back, one positive step coming from this tragedy is that across the world, fire departments are already inspecting escape room venues to confirm that they’re safe. The Polish government announced that every escape room in the country will be inspected while in the UK spontaneous inspections were reported as early as Sunday and reports are coming through today of at least some fire services being given instructions to visit all escape rooms.  

On to the news

It’s hard to follow that sad news but over the last three weeks, things have still been happening in the UK escape room industry.

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!

Escape Room Rumours – 10 December 2018

Welcome to your weekly fix of UK and Irish escape room news covering everything that this site has discovered in the last seven days! It’s been relatively quietly, partly because I haven’t looked too far but I suspect more because it’s almost Christmas! I don’t expect much news over the next few weeks until escape rooms wake up in the new year.

Exit Games is always on the look-out for new rooms 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

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!

Escape Room Rumours – 3 December 2018

Welcome to your weekly fix of UK and Irish escape room news covering everything that this site has discovered in the last seven days!

Exit Games is always on the look-out for new rooms 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

  • New listings
  • South East England
    • Xcape Station is the new brand name for the company in Hastings that brought us the horror game Abducted Live. They’re launching a new venture in Eastbourne which looks to be a bit more family friendly!
    • Houdini’s, the Southampton-based company announced that they’ll be opening a venue inside Tenpin bowling, which previously housed a Crystal Maze experience. The first game there will be a dinosaur themed adventure.
    • Escape Plan Live, based in Chatham, Kent, opened a third venue with a single, 90-minute game called Terminal which seems to have live actors and a more physical element to it.
    • Locked In is a new Folkestone-based company that’s opening The Bunker and Asylum
    • Xscream Escapes in Ashford, Surrey, opened Escape from Satan’s Grotto
    • Escape Hunt Reading launches this week with two games, Blackbeard’s Treasure and The Last Vikings
    • Escape Windsor opened Christmas Escape
  • Scotland
  • London
    • The Game is Now, probably the most eagerly anticipated room in the UK, launches this week
    • And, unsurprisingly, we’re starting to see news articles about it.
  • North West England
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
  • South West England
  • West Midlands
    • 007 Escape Rooms is a new venue in Wolverhampton that launched recently with their opening game called Pussy Galore’s Flight School
  • North East England
  • Northern Ireland
  • East of England
    • Evidence Room, a brand new venue in Bury St Edmunds, opened their Christmas Room and the Gedding Room
    • Don’t Get Locked In got a mention in the local news.
  • Wales

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!

Escape Room Rumours – 26 November 2018

Welcome to your weekly fix of UK and Irish escape room news covering everything that this site has discovered in the last seven days!

Exit Games is always on the look-out for new rooms 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

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!

Escape Room Rumours – 19 November 2018

Welcome to your weekly fix of UK and Irish escape room news covering everything that this site has discovered in the last seven days!

Exit Games is always on the look-out for new rooms 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

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!

Escape Room Rumours – 12 November 2018

Welcome to your weekly fix of UK and Irish escape room news covering everything that this site has discovered in the last seven days!

Exit Games is always on the look-out for new rooms 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

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!

Escape Room Rumours – 5 November 2018

Welcome to your weekly fix of UK and Irish escape room news covering everything that this site has discovered in the last seven days!

Exit Games is always on the look-out for new rooms 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

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!

Escape Room Rumours – 29 October 2018

Welcome to your weekly fix of UK and Irish escape room news covering everything that this site has discovered in the last seven days!

Exit Games is always on the look-out for new rooms 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

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!

Escape Room Rumours – 22 October 2018

Welcome to your weekly fix of UK and Irish escape room news covering everything that this site has discovered in the last seven days!

Exit Games is always on the look-out for new rooms 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

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!