Japanese Game Event Comes to S.F.`s NEW PEOPLE on March 23rd

J-Pop Culture Venue Invites Players to Escape Werewolves at the Latest Japanese Live Game Sensation Source: MediaLab press release, NEWPEOPLEWORLD.com Official Site: realescapegame.com Special Thanks to Erik Jansen San Francisco, CA -- NEW PEOPLE invites visitors to become amateur detectives for a very special event as it welcomes the first-ever U.S. installment of THE REAL ESCAPE GAME: THE ESCAPE FROM THE WEREWOLF VILLAGE, beginning Friday, March 23rd thru Sunday March, 25th. NEW PEOPLE is located in San Francisco’s Japantown at 1746 Post St. THE REAL ESCAPE GAME is an inventive live game event originally created in Japan that requires players to cooperate and use their detective skills to solve multiple mysteries to locate a hidden key in order to escape from a locked room within a limited time. It was first played in Tokyo in 2007 and more than 100,000 participants have played in multiple cities across Japan, China, and Singapore. Over 2,300 sessions have been staged to-date with as many as 10,000 participants taking part simultaneously. THE GAME was recently played by several hundred participants at massive arena venues including the Tokyo Dome and the city’s Jingu Baseball Stadium. The U.S. edition, THE ESCAPE FROM THE WEREWOLF VILLAGE, will be staged inside the 3rd Floor SUPERFROG Gallery at NEW PEOPLE, which will be remade as a mysterious village beset by fierce werewolves! As villagers disappear one by one, players must cooperate and use their deductive skills to gather clues and escape before the werewolves attack! The game setting will be accentuated with the use of actors, music, sound effects and lighting elements to add ambiance and immerse players in the environment. Check out news and updates at facebook.com/RealEscapeGame. NEW PEOPLE Game Times For THE REAL ESCAPE GAME Friday, March 23rd: 6pm, 9pm Saturday, March 24th: 2pm, 5pm, 8pm Sunday, March 25th: 11am, 2pm, 5pm Advanced tickets are now available for $20.00; Tickets at the door are $25.00. Each game session lasts about 90 minutes. Advance tickets and complete game details are available at come-play-real-escape-game. **Note: THE REAL ESCAPE GAME puzzles require no special skills or knowledge to solve; all puzzles can be solved with use of intuitive logic and deductive reasoning. All aspects of THE GAME will be conducted in English.

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Based in San Francisco, California, NEW PEOPLE Inc. offers the latest films, art, fashion and retail brands from Japan through its unique entertainment destination as well as through licensing and distribution of selective Japanese films. NEW PEOPLE Entertainment, a film division of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. strives to offer the most entertaining motion pictures straight from the "Kingdom of Pop" for audiences of all ages, especially the manga and anime generation, in North America. Some titles include DEATH NOTE, GANTZ, KAMIKAZE GIRLS, and THE TASTE OF TEA.