The Artful Escape reveals its psychedelic universe and a release date

Game news The Artful Escape reveals its psychedelic universe and a release date

Hence, The Artful Escape is presented in a little more detail through a psychedelic trailer sprinkled with a touch of humor.. We say “a little more” because the Annapurna Showcase reveal gave us a vague idea of ​​the game world without giving us any further keys to understanding the gameplay.

From what we know at the moment, The Artful Escape leaves us with the character of Francis Vendetti in a narrative adventure game. embody. The latter is none other than the nephew of a renowned musician, but unlike his late uncle he’s still waiting for his musical epiphany, that sudden inspiration that will take him into the spotlight on stage.

While he is desperately looking for who he wants to be, Francis, accompanied by the electronic musician Violetta, embarks on a multidimensional journey in search of the personality he would like to embody on stage. This journey will lead him through many strange and bizarre worlds that he will cross while making music and in which he will have many encounters.

Convertibles, levitation and many other acrobatics, embellished with amplifiers and laser-based visual effects, will accompany the parade of musical landscapes. The music in them is paramount and will allow Francis to discover who he wants to become.

Fruit of the labor of the musician Johnny Galvatron, leader of the Galvatrons group, The Artful Escape is a compendium of adventure, folk and rock music in unlikely environments.

This project also began when Johnny, who had just started his development studio with the support of Annapurna, joined a recording studio for Actor and musician Jason Schwartzman

This one also has a dominant place in the game, as it embodies a somewhat special entity that we will learn more about later. He’s not the only actor to join the project in this regard, as The Artful Escape can count on the participation of Lena Headey (Cersei in game of Thrones), Michael Johnston, Carl Weathers (Rocky, The Mandalorian) and Mark Strong (King man).

An idealized vision of the music world as well as a true sensory and auditory escape, The Artful Escape is out on September 9 for Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One and PC. It will also be available on Xbox Game Pass from launch.