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Ahoy ahoy, At this very moment you're receiving this newsletter I'll be on a flight to Montreal! Why? It's RECON this weekend, and I couldn't be more excited! But besides RECON, this newsletter also covers a few other big stories. From this year's announcement of Le Salon des Loisirs Immersifs, to a call for speakers at Game On, a new escape room trip planning tool, ERA Mag's August edition, and so so so much more. As there's so much going on, I'll keep this short and sweet! But as always, I hope you find this newsletter informative! I enjoy compiling it each month, and it's always fun spotting new news, room openings, and podcast episodes. As always, if you spot anything newsworthy - no matter how big or small - please send us a message and we'll include it. Until September 👋 Mairi Nolan
Editor of Escape Industry News P.S. If a friend has forwarded you this email, please consider subscribing! |
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RECON Takes Place this Weekend! RECON is taking place in Montreal August 16 - 17! RECON offers a curated collection of talks and experiences exploring the business and art of escape room and immersive game creation. Tickets are still available, and the full schedule has now been announced. Also we (and the Buzzshot team) will be at RECON, so do say hello if you spot us. |
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Le Salon des Loisirs Immersifs 2026 Announced The dates and location for Le Salon des Loisirs Immersifs has been announced for 2026. This year's event will tale place over multiple days at Futuroscope, and will feature the French Escape Game Awards. From the website: To celebrate this anniversary, we will welcome you for a weekend at Futuroscope, near Poitiers, with a completely revamped program: behind-the-scenes tours of attractions, a networking dinner in an immersive restaurant, a round table, a masterclass. |
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Game On 2027 has been announced, and the call for speakers is open Game on is a 3-day conference taking place in April 2027 in London, UK. From the website: We're looking for talks, workshops, and panel participants who can help fellow operators survey their business, reinforce their foundations, or expand into new opportunities. If you've learned something worth sharing, we'd love to hear from you. |
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A new tool for planning escape room trips, Skeleton Key, is launched After we featured a tool for finding players last month, this month we spotted Skeleton Key - an escape room trip planner by Evan Broder. And it couldn't come at a better time for my own trip planning! It's well worth checking it out here. |
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Buzzshot is at Reality Escape Conference (RECON) this Sunday and Monday. If you're also attending then please do come talk to us about Buzzshot Bookings which now does Staff Management alongside industry leading booking features! And if you're not at RECON we'd still love to show you how we can improve both booking and staff management for your escape room. Get in touch and let's arrange a demo! |
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Upcoming Dates for your Diary ⌯⌲ |
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🇺🇸 Choice Escapes has opened a new site with one room, The Restless Spirit of Abigail Rose, in Seattle, WA.
Escape Empire has opened a new room, Alchemist's Revenge, in Beaverton, OR.
Escape Everett has opened a new room, Wizard Alley, in Everett, WA.
Escape Goats has opened a new room, MVP Grits, in Monroe, WA.
Not quite an opening but, Escape New Haven is closing its 'Game Show' experience in preparation for a new game release, in New Haven, CT.
Escape Room Co has opened a new site with multiple rooms in Ephrata, PA.
In Search of an Exit has announced the Kickstarter for upcoming escape room, Nobody Knows Anybody in Portland, OR. 🇨🇦 Escape Street has opened a new room in Edmonton, AB.
Secret City has opened a new experience, When Shadows Lie, in Toronto, ON. 🇬🇧/🇮🇪 Scotland Team Machine has opened a new room, Synergy 1.0, in Edinburgh.
Jedburgh Castle Jail has opened a new room, The Malcolm Munro Case, in Jedburgh. Wales PanIQ Rooms Wales has opened a new room, The Orphans Key, in Porthmadog.
Tenby’s Great Escape has opened a new room, The Time Trap, in Tenby. North England Compendium has opened a new room, UI-55: The Battle for the Crown Jewels, in Bury.
Lakes Escapes has opened a new room, Witches Chamber, in Workington.
Lucardo has opened a new room, Castle of the Mad King, in Manchester. London & the South Clue Cracker has opened a new room, Dino Kingdom, in Tunbridge Wells.
Escape Plymouth has opened a new room, Prison Breakout, in Plymouth.
Escape The Game has opened a new room, The Funfair Fix, in Bovey Tracey.
Horror Escape has opened a new room, Freakshow, in South London.
Immersion Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Detonate 2, in Alton.
Kernow Escape has opened a new room, Falcatraz, in Falmouth.
Trapped in Time has opened a new room, The Evelyn Gunpowder Legacy, in Dorking.
Tulleys has opened a new room, Relic, in Crawley. East England Escape Colchester has opened a new room, The Cursed Cabin, in Colchester.
Escape Room Bury St Edmunds has opened a new room, Blackbeard Vs The Kraken, in Bury St Edmunds.
Great Escapists has opened a new room, Operation Overlord, in Royston.
The Escape House has opened a new room, Galacticus, in St Neots. Midlands Escape Hunt has opened four new rooms in Birmingham.
Escapologist has opened a new room, Versus, in Cleethorpes.
Rushden Escape Rooms has opened a new room, The Wizard’s Chest, in Rushden.
The Puzzle Room has opened a new room, The Toy Makers Mistake, in Cannock. Channel Islands MTG Escapes has opened two new rooms in Guernsey. 🇦🇺/🇳🇿 Escape Manor has opened a new room, The Magician's Encore, in Brisbane, QLD.
Lost Reality Escape has opened two new rooms in Belmont, Perth.
Narrow Escape Rooms has opened a new room, Mission Identity, in Penrith, NSW.
Time is Key has opened a new room, The Dollmaker, in Melbourne, VIC.
Times Up has opened a new room, Knightfall, in Bunbury, WA.
TRAPT has opened a new room, The Outsider, in Melbourne, VIC. A shout out to the resources & individuals who were a huge help this month: Escape the Review (UK), Rich Bragg (USA), ERA Mag (Australia). |
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Last month in Podcasts, Radio & Live Shows Escape This Podcast
"A show that’s a mix of escape room puzzles and tabletop role-playing." Inventures Podcast
Welcome to Inventures, the podcast where we invite creative minds to invent the ultimate immersive adventure! Reality Escape Podcast
Reality Escape Pod is an interview podcast diving deep with people who make the world’s best immersive games and experiences The Infinite Escape Room
The escape room podcast where a bunch of friends make and solve homemade audio escape rooms for each other. One part escape room, one part role-playing game, a sprinkle of point-and-click adventure, and a whole lot of laughs. What are you listening to? Let us know! |
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This month I've been trying to play through all the entries from the latest Thinky Puzzle Jam, so no specific newsletter puzzle this month but here are some particularly fun ones I've enjoyed! |
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