"A Way Out" will soon break free from the confines of development and out in the open, as the cooperative (co-op) prison escape game has gone gold and is all set for release.
Game director Josef Fares has taken to Twitter to announce that the game is indeed finished and is ready for release, which is on March 23 for the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 (PS4). This means that the development of the game went quite smoothly and the developers did not have much trouble polishing the game and certainly did not have any problems with schedules.
This ultimately settles all the confusion generated by an abrupt rumor last year when a source claimed to have had access to an email list that said "A Way Out" is coming out in 2019. Fares has since tried to quell the rampant speculations at The Game Awards where he even put up his middle finger at the camera and retorted that their game will be released on March of this year, contrary to what the rumors suggested.
This is also Fares' and his teams' second video game, meaning they are a relatively new video game developer company. Their first game was 2013's acclaimed "Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons" that was also directed by Fares and also had the same co-op formula. With this in mind, Fares hopes to build upon the highly praised systems and features of "Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons" in order to make "A Way Out" a better experience.
For those unfamiliar with the much-awaited co-op game, it features two inmates named Leo and Vincent that two players will have to control via split-screen or other perspectives in order to orchestrate a daring prison escape. Along the way, the players discover why the two were there as well as their background and families whom they left behind. "A Way Out" is certainly unlike any other game as it will require asymmetrical teamwork from both players in order to achieve Leo's and Vincent's goals.
The developers are also quite bold since they completely abandoned the idea of solo play in "A Way Out," meaning players will have to find a player number two either online or in the same room.
