{"id":478174,"date":"2025-11-12T18:22:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T18:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:22:51","slug":"the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The Artful Escape is a trippy and profound musical romp that emerged as one of our favorite indies of 2021. It\u2019s been Xbox console exclusive since launch (and available on PC), but the ballad of Francis Vendetti will soon find a new audience.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because the game is launching on PlayStation consoles and Switch on January 25. If you\u2019re unfamiliar, The Artful Escape spins the yarn of Francis Vendetti, a musician and the\u00a0nephew of a famous folksinger who finds himself pigeonholed to expectations of following in his uncle\u2019s stylistic footsteps. It\u2019s not until an alien ship arrives and whisks Francis\u00a0off to an intergalactic space odyssey does he begin to discover his true voice. The gameplay itself consists of simple side-scrolling platforming, but\u00a0the real stars are the killer soundtrack,\u00a0gorgeous visuals, and top-notch performances from names like Carl Weathers and Lena Headey. There\u2019s a reason it earned an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/review\/the-artful-escape\/the-artful-escape-review-a-rocking-space-oddity\">8.5 review score<\/a> from us.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/01\/18\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Will you be picking up The Artful Escape on PlayStation or Switch? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/01\/18\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Artful Escape is a trippy and profound musical romp that emerged as one of our favorite indies of 2021. It\u2019s been Xbox console exclusive since launch (and available on PC), but the ballad of Francis Vendetti will soon find a new audience. That\u2019s because the game is launching on PlayStation consoles and Switch on January 25. If you\u2019re unfamiliar, The Artful Escape spins the yarn of Francis Vendetti, a musician and the\u00a0nephew of a famous folksinger who finds himself pigeonholed to expectations of following in his uncle\u2019s stylistic footsteps. It\u2019s not until an alien ship arrives and whisks Francis\u00a0off to an intergalactic space odyssey does he begin to discover his true voice. The gameplay itself consists of simple side-scrolling platforming, but\u00a0the real stars are&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":478175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-478174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Artful Escape is a trippy and profound musical romp that emerged as one of our favorite indies of 2021. It\u2019s been Xbox console exclusive since launch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Artful Escape is a trippy and profound musical romp that emerged as one of our favorite indies of 2021. It\u2019s been Xbox console exclusive since launch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-12T18:22:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-12T18:22:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-12T18:22:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-12T18:22:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Game Informer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-12T18:22:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-12T18:22:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"The Artful Escape is a trippy and profound musical romp that emerged as one of our favorite indies of 2021. It\u2019s been Xbox console exclusive since launch\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week | Arcader News","description":"The Artful Escape is a trippy and profound musical romp that emerged as one of our favorite indies of 2021. It\u2019s been Xbox console exclusive since launch","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week | Arcader News","og_description":"The Artful Escape is a trippy and profound musical romp that emerged as one of our favorite indies of 2021. It\u2019s been Xbox console exclusive since launch","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-11-12T18:22:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-12T18:22:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week","datePublished":"2025-11-12T18:22:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-12T18:22:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/"},"wordCount":195,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg","articleSection":["Game Informer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/","name":"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-12T18:22:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-12T18:22:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"The Artful Escape is a trippy and profound musical romp that emerged as one of our favorite indies of 2021. It\u2019s been Xbox console exclusive since launch","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-artful-escape-gets-an-encore-on-playstation-and-switch-next-week\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Artful Escape Gets An Encore On PlayStation And Switch Next Week"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1390063,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478174\/revisions\/1390063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}