Skybound and iam8bit, along with Coin Crew Games, revealed the news at Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase
COPENHAGEN - Apr. 27, 2023 - 5th Planet Games A/S (OAX: 5PG), along with Skybound, iam8bit and Coin Crew Games, have announced that Escape Academy: The Complete Edition will come to Nintendo Switch in the Fall of 2023. Revealed during the recent Nintendo Indie World Showcase, Escape Academy: The Complete Edition will include the Escape Academy base game, Escape from Anti-Escape Island DLC, and the upcoming Escape from the Past DLC. This edition can be purchased for $29.99 at the Nintendo eShop.
Escape Academy challenges players to become the ultimate escape room master by enrolling in the prestigious Escape Academy. Offering a variety of ways to play with single player as well as local and online co-op, players can solve puzzles, meet the faculty, and dig into an underlying mystery all without leaving the comfort of home. Once players have passed their classes with flying colors, they can continue their journey with the game’s first DLC: Escape from Anti-Escape Island which calls for deciphering new and difficult puzzles in a vacation gone wrong.
The mystery continues on in Escape Academy's second Expansion Pack, Escape from the Past, a prequel that spans five new rooms and even more whodunit action with Academy students Sandra Solange and Eel Barnes as they join the unstoppable team of master Escapists we meet in Escape Academy.
“It is incredible news that this stunning digital experience will soon be available on a whole new platform for fans” said Mark Stanger, CEO, 5th Planet Games. “It is has been an honor working with iam8bit, Skybound and Coin Crew Games, and in partnering with Nintendo to include this announcement in their Indie World Showcase. Escape Academy on Switch will be yet another great addition to the 5th Planet Games portfolio.”
To learn more about Escape Academy please visit the official website escape.academy.
5th Planet Games and Skybound signed an investment agreement in September 2021 that has, to date, seen 5th Planet Games partner with Skybound on several new games from proven development partners around the world. These games have included Escape Academy, as well as Before Your Eyes; WrestleQuest; and Toylogic’s Glitch Busters: Stuck on You, among others.
About 5th Planet Games
5th Planet Games is a video games publisher located in Copenhagen, active in games across all global platforms and devices. It has a long and successful history of working with established brands and strong IP. Now, in partnership with Skybound Entertainment, the company will extend access to compelling, global IP such as The Walking Dead.
About Skybound Entertainment
Skybound is the company for creators. We're known for using the Wheel of Awesome to make cool stuff, no matter the platform. We place creators and their projects at the center of the wheel and work with them to keep the integrity of their vision as it becomes a comic, game, TV series, film, audio series, or all of the above.
About iam8bit
Founded in 2005, iam8bit is a creative production emporium that has quietly redefined the entertainment industry, time and time again. Collaborating with a plethora of partners and narrative-busting IPs, iam8bit punctuates the importance of engaging with fans directly. By creating the videogame industry's very first community events, the company injected the idea of experiential immersion into game and film marketing (back when it was simply known as "theatre"). iam8bit also played a crucial role in the vinyl renaissance, minting its first record in 2010, and is the industry leader in premium physical editions of top-tier games. In 2020, iam8bit evolved into financing and publishing games, with several yet-to-be-announced PC, console and tabletop games on the horizon. The company is based in Los Angeles and co-owned/co-creatively directed by Jon M. Gibson and Amanda White. Visit iam8bit.com or follow @iam8bit on Instagram or Twitter.
About Coin Crew Games
Coin Crew Games is an indie games studio founded in 2018 with one goal in mind: bringing people together to play. With innovative concepts and research-driven design, Coin Crew Games is developing multiplayer experiences and games to be played both in and out of home. Based in Los Angeles, Coin Crew Games is best known for the arcade machine “Hot Wheels: King of the Road” found at every Dave & Buster’s and their debut puzzle-adventure game “Escape Academy.” To learn more, visit www.coincrew.games or follow us on Instagram and Twitter.