The rumours you’ve been hearing in the showers are true. The Escapists: The Walking Dead will be playable at EGX 2015! It’s the first time that it will be playable in the UK so make sure your escape plans are in place (and don’t forget the duct tape).
For Prisoners that have been in solitary, The Escapists: The Walking Dead is a brand new, stand-alone game, set in the Walking Dead universe. You play as Rick Grimes, the leader of a band of survivors in a story that faithfully matches the timeline of the comics. You’ll have to use your old tricks and learn some more, like how to shoot shambling zombies. It will be coming soon to PC and Xbox One!
The Escapists: The Walking Dead Community Hub
Get over to The Escapists: The Walking Dead community hub immediately for your headcount and hit follow so you’ll be the first to find out all the news!
For your glimpse of The Escapists: The Walking Dead we highly recommend you check out Martyn Littlewood's preview video from when he visited the Team 17 office.
The Escapists: The Walking Dead is Coming!
IT'S TIME TO ESCAPE THE WALKING DEAD
PRISONERS,
You've escaped from our best efforts to keep you locked up, you've broken free from America's most notorious prison, you've even built a tank to bust out of a military POW camp. You think you're hot stuff. But it's not over yet. Today, we unveiled The Escapists The Walking Dead - a new game in The Escapists series developed by Team17 in partnership with Skybound Entertainment, creators of The Walking Dead comic book series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXN9ivXHdAk
The Escapists The Walking Dead sees you wake up in Harrison Memorial Hospital as Rick Grimes. You'll escape the horror unfolding there using familiar methods - craft gear to create escape routes and construct weapons to defend yourself from the flesh-eating horde. You'll also need to learn some new tricks, including the use of ranged weapons for the first time in The Escapists!
Later, Rick will take charge of a band of survivors featuring many of the original The Walking Dead comic book cast. He must secure the safety of the group by seeking out an escape route in each of the game's areas and manage several dangerous tasks to keep as many of the group alive as possible. The Escapists The Walking Dead faithfully matches the timeline of the comics and so, as you make progress in the game, you play through locations that mirror the progress of the band of survivors taken from the award winning comic's epic story.
The Escapists The Walking Dead is coming soon to PC and Xbox One. To keep up with all the latest news, follow Zombie Jimmy Locke on Twitter. Be sure to check out InTheLittlewood's first playthrough of the Tutorial level too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0qUl4HrU1s
What's your number one zombie survival tip? The correct answer is duct tape.
OUT NOW: The Escape Team DLC
PRISONERS
The Escape Team DLC is available now on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/376700/
Good luck, and don't go trying to get in no damn planes.
MT17
P.S: Played The Escape Team already? It helps us loads if you leave an honest review of the DLC! You can do that here.
The Escape Team - New DLC Coming Tuesday 30th June!
PRISONERS
In 2015, a crack commando unity was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they DEFINITELY DID NOT commit. These men promptly failed to escape from a maximum security stockade and remain there today. Still incarcerated by the government, they survive - as prisoners of fortune.
But if you have a problem...
If no one else can help...
And if you have DUCT TAPE...
MAYBE YOU CAN HIRE...
THE ESCAPE TEAM.
The Escape Team DLC features a new military style prison to escape from. You'll once again need to play by the rules, avoid unwanted attention from the guarding soldiers and track down new crafting ingredients.
Escaping this prison will not be easy. But, rumour has it that the prison is home to one of the fiercest tanks in history. Perhaps all it needs is some duct tape?
The Escape Team DLC releases on Tuesday 30th June for £2.99 / $3.99 / 3,99
Good luck prisoners,
MT17
SALE! LIVE STREAM! HYPE!
PRISONERS,
I hate parties. Partly because there are a million ways to turn a balloon into an escape tool, but also because the idea of prisoners enjoying themselves disgusts me. Regardless, tonight - we have cause to celebrate. Read on...
THE ESCAPISTS - 33% OFF ON STEAM
Tonight from around 6PM BST, The Escapists will be on sale at 33% off. This is your first post-release chance to get the game at a discount. If you have friends / family on the outside, now is the time to smuggle them in!
So, why the sale?
THE ESCAPISTS - PS4 LAUNCH CELEBRATIONS
From tomorrow, The Escapists will be available on PS4 - marking our console conquest complete. To celebrate we've put the PC version of the game on sale and will be running a live stream of the PS4 version tonight from 6:30PM BST.
http://twitch.tv/team17ltd
The live stream will see your favourite prison warden (me, in case you're new) taking orders from you. You will assign tasks for me to complete and, if they lead to an escape, I will give away copies of the game, hoodies, soap, towels and more!
If you're a member of The Escapists community hub here on Steam you'll automatically be notified through the Steam client when the stream starts.
So, join us and party like you'll never be free again. Most of you wont.
MT17
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Prison Review Group
PRISONERS,
I am seeking up to 10 prisoners to volunteer for special duties. As part of a new prison review group, you shall be tasked with seeking out the best examples of custom prisons submitted by the community each week for inclusion in the Prisons of Fame. The Prison Review Group may also be given additional tasks by the forum staff.
To be successful in your application, you must:
1. Be an experienced prisoner - we're looking for prisoners who have been in detention facilities for a minimum of 2 months.
2. Be an experienced creator - I will only consider prisoners who have published at least 1 COMPLETABLE custom map
3. Be an active member of the prisoner community - I'll only consider prisoners who have been consistently active over the past 2 months within The Escapists community.
4. Have at least 2 hours of time to dedicate to the tasks assigned to the Prison Review Group each week
The Prison Review Group will gain no special powers within the community, save for access to a private forum. Your selfless work will help others to get their prison's noticed. Prison Review Group members will also be ineligible to to win a Prison of Fame award in the future. Prison Review Group members may be rewarded for their efforts at the discretion of the forum staff.
To submit an application to become a Prison Review Group member, email community@team17.com using subject line "Prison Review Group" and detailing your suitability against the criteria above. Please be sure to include both your real name and Steam ID.
Can't wait to hear from you,
MT17
Hotfix: Custom Map Saves and Editor UI
PRISONERS!
A small update is currently tunnelling its way to your hard drive that fixes 2 problems raised in the forums since the last update:
Saving your game on prisons from the Steam Workshop should now work correctly.
The "Floor" dropdown box will no longer obscure other menus within the Prison Editor beta once clicked.
A new update for The Escapists is now live with a host of fixes and improvements to the prison editor beta trial, based on your excellent feedback in our forums.
We've also added a new NPC to the game. BAM.
Let’s get stuck in, shall we?
The Escapists Prison Editor Beta (Steam Only):
• Added the ability to update maps on Steam Workshop: This means that, if you’re making changes to an existing map, you’ll no longer need to create a new Workshop file.
IMPORTANT: Updating an existing prison will invalidate any existing player save data for that prison – be sure to warn your inmates!
• Added tagging to Prison Editor and Workshop: You’ll now be able to choose from a few tags that will help players find your prison in the Steam Workshop! You’ll be able to give players an indication of how difficult your prison is, the style of your prison and its development status (Complete – no more updates / Work In Progress – players should expect updates).
There are also additional tags which will be set automatically depending on the settings that you apply to your prison during creation.
Please note: prisons with incorrect tags (eg: YouTuber prisons tagged as Real Prisons) may be removed by the moderators. Tag accurately!
• Added additional language support for the prison editor beta: German, French, Spanish, Russian and Polish languages are now supported. To change the language in use, use the buttons on the game launcher.
• The “undo” function now works correctly when undoing object placements.
The Escapists Game:
• Fixed multiple bugs relating to prisoners being inappropriately sideways.
• Guard Towers will no longer shoot prisoners at night time.
• Fixed an issue which caused fake wall blocks to be placed incorrectly.
• A new visitor will now visit inmates at the visitation area. • A new item has been added to the game. The “DoDo Donut” can be found as a rarely spawning item in item spawn locations. Using this item will replenish fatigue and make you “Rad”.
Enjoy!
MT17
WARNING: Ductism
PRISONERS,
I've warned you in the past about misuse of the prison's generous provision of internet access enabled computers and, if I have to do it again, there will be trouble.
This "Ductism" craze has gone too far. I have a keen appreciation of both classic and modern art - your destruction of it through strategic placement of Duct Tape is abhorrent and stops now. Anyone caught practising Ductism from this message onwards will have their internet access priveleges revoked.
And when I find out where all this Duct Tape is coming from, whoever is responsible will spend the rest of their sentence strapped to the roof of their prison with Duct Tape.
Of the 4,700 prisons created using The Escapists Prison Editor in the past week, 12 made it onto the Prisons of Fame Week 1 shortlist, as chosen by you.
There can only be one winner of the highly sought after Escapists Hoodie though, and I've been testing, probing and escaping from each shortlisted prison to determine who came out on top - and who spent the rest of their sentence in the SHU.
The USS Lockwing is a prison ship. IN SPACE. If that mere combination isn't enough, Warden Axonium even recreated stars and planets through clever use of light sources and scenery.
Aside from great design, the prison functions really well too. Relatively small, you really get the sense that you are trapped in space - doomed to serve your sentence or face oxygen starvation and an eventual collision with overwhelming gravity.
They teach you at Warden School never to work with children or animals. Kulkinz foolishly disobeys this directive with his prison influenced by a school.
The design here is fantastic with great attention paid to the theme. The canteen has school style tables, there's an IT Lab and even a large library.
I like this prison. Alot. Mostly because of the surrounding electric fence and Grizzly's obvious love of guard towers, but also because I imagine prisoners walking around screaming KUWABARA KUWABARA (which is a Japanese phrase used to ward off lightening) before their escape attempts.
It's a really solid prison with 1 well hidden weakness. Play it, see if you can find it, wear rubber shoes.
AND THE WINNER.... http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=418798876
CONGRATULATIONS AXONIUM! Your prison will be featured in the shiny and new PRISONS OF FAME Winners Collection and I'll be in touch soon to arrange delviery of your hoodie. Good work Warden.
Nominations for Week 2 of PRISON OF FAME are open now, just head to this thread and post a link to the prison you'd like to nominate to ensure that it gets considered next week. You have until Friday to nominate and remember - you cannot nominate your own work.
