Team17 has announced that The Escapists 2 will be available for the PC, PS4, Xbox One on August 22. The top-down prison break simulator is also in development for the Switch, and will be released for Nintendo’s console at a later date.
The publisher has also confirmed that players who pre-order The Escapists 2 will get the chance to escape from another prison, “The Glorious Regime.” Other planned features for the game include:
Features
- A dedicated tutorial for new players to learn the basics of prison life
- 10 unique themed prisons to escape from including the frosty Fort Tundra, a train hurtling through the desert, and even a trip to the final frontier!
- Play each prison solo or multiplayer with both local and online co-op and versus modes for up to four players
- Drop-in, drop-out online multiplayer experience. Carefully plan and execute an intricate escape from your initial incarceration with your fellow inmates either online or locally, or simply hop into an existing game already in progress to help pull off the final touches of the escape!
- A brand new combat system to make every prison brawl even more bruising
- Create your con with over 300 customisations to create your perfect prisoner
- New ways to escape
- New items to craft… Build yourself a homemade Taser to knock out guards plus many more!
A brand new trailer for The Escapists 2 has been embedded above.
