The narrative goes that boxed games retail is dying as the digital market thrives.
The digital sector has, in many ways, lowered the barrier to entry in the games market and been one of the main factors in the booming indie movement.
Oh course, the physical games market is still worth £1bn. What’s more, that market is far from finished. And the likes of Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Yacht Club Games’ Shovel Knight and Team 17’s The Escapists are making their way to boxed retail.
“We’ve done the first two seasons of [Telltale’s] The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us so far and they’ve all been really strong performers – despite the fact that, certainly in the case of the first season of The Walking Dead, they came out a long way after their initial release,” Avanquest games director Simon Reynolds says.
KeenGamer: "A good prison simulator can be a strong statement as to why we need more of them like The Escapists 2. Because they're always a great way to satisfy our itch of performing a Shawshank Redemption style escape from a high-security penitentiary."
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Starting today, The Escapists is free at Epic Games Store. The free game offers run until September 30 at 11 AM Eastern. Once you claim it, it’s yours to keep.
