You Can Play ‘Squid Game’ in Real Life With Your Friends Starting Next Month (Without the Dying Part)
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital EditorIs this a green light — or red light?Interactive gaming company Immersive Gamebox, under a pact with Netflix, has developed an in-person “Squid Game” multiplayer game that will let groups of 2-6 people compete in a series of challenges inspired by the hit Netflix series, including Red Light, Green Light; Marbles; and the “Squid Game” itself.
Every time you lose a challenge, you lose a virtual life — and each time you win, you earn virtual money in a piggy bank.Immersive Gamebox’s “Squid Game” experience is set to launch Sept.
21, at nine U.S. locations — Manhattan’s Lower East Side; Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; Oakbrook, Ill.; Denver; Dallas; San Antonio; The Woodlands, Texas; Salt Lake City; and Arlington, Va. — and four in the U.K. (Essex Lakeside, London Southbank, London Wandsworth, Manchester Arndale).
It’s the company’s first age-restricted game, for players 16 and older. Tickets for a 60-minute round of “Squid Game” range from $21.99 to $39.99 per player depending on location.
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