
Get yourself over to the Xbox Store immediately. Traverse landscapes made of sound - composed by your movement - as if the world itself were an instrument.Īs the third in a trio of new Xbox Game Pass titles hitting the scene today, there’s absolutely no reason to miss out on what The Artful Escape has to hold.

Shred, soar and dance across the multiverse.Converse, consult and chill with all manner of beings: disenchanted publicans, nostalgic villagers, lumbering alien wildlife, and reality-defying behemoths.Craft your own stage persona from the sci-fi beginnings of your backstory to the trim on your moonboots.A story about great expectations, towering legacies, aliens, folk music, guitar solos, making stuff up, and living your dreams like memories.The full key feature set works as follows… And c’mon, admit it, that’s what you’re really here for. Getting to the Mercury Bay Art Escape from Flaxmillįlaxmill is located within 1 hour’s drive of each end of Mercury Bay (30 minutes to Tairua and 1 hour to Otama) as well as a short drive to Cooks Beach, Hahei and Hot Water Beach.If you do then decide to give this a go, you’ll discover a game which is full of musical jams, the chance to chat and converse, to craft personas and, most importantly, to shred your way through the multiverse. The Artful Escape is a platform video game developed by Beethoven & Dinosaur, published by Annapurna Interactive for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

The opening night gala evening is a ticketed event held on the Friday night before the first weekend. The art trail itself is free (download the map from their website). The offical MBAE event has been held annually in March every year since 2008, but its roots go as far back as 2005.Īcross 2 weekends in March, around 50 participating local artists and galleries open their studio doors to the public, providing a great opportunity to see the artists at work and a chance to meet and talk with them to understand the inspiration behind their work. The Mercury Bay Art Escape is a popular self-drive art trail from Tairua through to Otama, set up to showcase the amazing talent this area has to offer.

From sculptors and painters to weavers and jewellers. The Coromandel region is home to many talented emerging and established NZ artists.
