The Artful Escape has imaginative and pretty landscapes.

Why The Artful Escape took six years to craft

The Artful Escape is coming September 9 for the PC and Xbox. And for Johnny Galvatron, the game’s creator, that date has been a long time coming.

The leader of Beethoven & Dinosaur has worked on the musical narrative adventure for more than six years, and he is finally done. That’s the way it is with art. On Thursday, publisher Annapurna Interactive showed the game during its showcase and revealed the launch date.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.