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Morty App has Released a Version for Web

Morty App is a hugely popular escape room directory available on iPhone. This month the team have made their database of 23,000+ games and 50,000+ ratings and reviews publicly available via a web-interface. 

Escape Buzz has launched, a new industry website dedicated to news, directory content, and more.

Escape Buzz is a new platform dedicated to the escape room industry from the creators of Lock.me and ER Champ. It will be a service for folks who work in the industry and enthusiasts alike to help find specialist information about the market.

Room Escape Artist presents their 2022 US Escape Room Industry Report

Based on 8 years of data collected since 2014, REA has produced a report of the state of the escape room industry in 2022. This year they've identified that there are more than 1,900 escae room facilities in the US (an 8.5% decrease since last year). Read their in-depth analysis below.

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• Mysterious Package Co and Curious Correspondence have just launched their collaborative Kickstarter, Doomensions.
• Ever wanted to make a secret bookcase door? Game designer Alastair Aitchison shows you how with Arduinos.
• It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... Exit have announced a new advent calendar, The Hunt for the Golden Book, which is now available across the world.
• Room Escape Artist have launched tickets for their new escape room tour, Escape Immersive Explore New Orleans in November 2022. Tickets are selling fast!
• Marriott Hotels and TED have partnered to create an immersive hotel room, The Curiosity Room.
• Wacky Wheels have announced that this month they'll be launching a quarterly magazine subscription called the "Mystery Story Puzzle Games"
• Saw: The Experience has unveiled it's trailer for the new London immersive show.
• Scarlet Envelope's 10th game launches this month.
• Enjoying the new Escape Academy video game? Here's an interview with the creators.
• In a recent video, the Sidemen take on a $100,000 escape room challenge.

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🔑 Recent Doors Unlocked 

• 13th Hour Escape Rooms have opened a new room, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in Wharton, NJ.
• 13th Gate Escape has opened a new room, The Disappearance of Flight 13, in St Baton Rouge, LA.
• Activate Games has announced they're opening a new site in East Rutherford, NJ.
• Arcade Arena, a new social gaming concept from the previous owners of Escape Inc. has announced plans to open this month in Roseville, MN USA
• Breakout Games have announced a new room, Wild West, in Lexington, KY.
• Captured LV Escape Room have opened a new room, The Casino Challenge, in Bethlehem, PA.
• Escape Ventures has announced a new room, Neighbourhood Watcher, coming late summer in Orlando, FL.
• Escapology has opened a new escape game, Mansion Murder, in Belmont Park, San Diego, CA.
• Exit 446 has opened their site in Pittsburg, PA.
• Immersive Gamebox (recently rebranded from Electric Gamebox) has opened in New York.
• Lara's Labyrinth have opened a new room, Bewitched, in Wethersfield, CT.
• Marriott Hotels x TED have opened an immersive experience, "The Curiosity Room" in San Francisco, CA.
• Off the Couch has reopened with two rooms in Fremont, CA.
• Oh Key Escape Games is opening in Blackfoot, ID.
• paradigmQ has re-opened it's Christmas themed room, Hour Before Christmas, as well as another recent room, Murder on the Express, in Vancouver, WA.
• RYCO’s Escape Room & Lounge is opening in Westbury, NY.
• The Carson City Library has opened a new room, The Submarine, in Carson City, NV.
• The Lost Escape Room have opened a new room, Into the Darkness, in Huntington, WV.
• The Show Must Go On is a pop-up escape game that's just launched in New Prague, MN.
• Waxhaw Escape has opened a new jumanji-themed room, Jungle Drums, in Waxhaw, NC.

• Adventure City Games have released a new outdoor escape hunt, Find Justine in Ottawa
• An escape room in the Ville de Baie-Saint-Paul, "Cambriolage au bord du Saint-Laurent" has opened in Baie-Saint-Paul, QC. It is presently only available in French.
• Escape from LA has opened a new room, The Speakeasy, in Lethbridge, Alberta.

• Escape City YEG has opened a new room, Mastermind Industries, in Edmonton, Alberta.
• Lockdown Red Deer has opened a new room, The Cave of Five Elements, in Red Deer, Alberta.

• Aviemore Escape Rooms has opened a new room, The Secret Forest, in Aviemore.
• Escape Quest has opened a new room, Percy Pendleton's Peculiar Predicament, in Macclesfield.
• Escape Rooms Cheltenham have plans to open a new room, Cheese Robbers, in Cheltenham.
• Epsom Escape has opened a new room based on 'The Great Train Robbery' in Epsom, with a promo code TERRYB22 for 10% off.
• Gatwick Escape Rooms have opened a new room, Deep Trouble, in Gatwick.
• Mythologic has opened a new room, The Greatest Bank Heist, in Gillingham.
• National Museum of Flight have opened a new room, Operation Sabotage, in North Berwick.
• The Bank Job Broadstairs have opened a new room, The Heist, in Broadstairs.
• PerpleXed Escape Rooms have opened with a pirate themed adventure in Soham.
• Pier Pressure have opened a new family friendly escape room, The Smuggler's Secret, in Brighton.
• Prestige Escape Rooms now allows bookings for solo players
• Prodigy Escapes have opened a new room, Mission Impawsible, in Exeter.
• Random Rooms have opened a new room, Headteacher's Office on the Isle of Wight.
• Reynard's Adventures have opned with a new room in Taunton.
• Wine Escape have announced they'll be touring the UK.
• Witham Escape Rooms has opened a new room, The Big Hangover, in High Wycombe.

• Escape Squad have opened a new room, School's Out, in Mandurah, WA.
• ESC Rooms are teasing a new escape room in Hindmarsh SA

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