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Level-5, the studio responsible for Professor Layton, is working on a new piece of game hardware: An all-purpose arcade cabinet for its games. More »
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I used to write a thing called the Game Diary each weekday. I did it for a previous employer. I did it for my own now-dormant blog. I briefly did it for my Facebook Fan Page (hmmm... maybe I should do something there). More »
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Level-5 rented a big space at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but then got cold feet and missed the biggest TGS ever. Doh. More »
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Nintendo studio Brownie Brown helped make Mother 3. It also, quietly, made a Professor Layton role-playing game, available only in the Japanese and American versions of DS game Professor Layton and The Last Specter. More »
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Level-5's Professor Layton and Capcom's Ace Attorney are joining forces for a puzzle lawyer game, complete with witches and big swords. It looks great. More »
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Level-5, best known for its talking role-playing games and Professor Layton puzzle games, is behind the new Gundam series called Mobile Suit Gundam Age. Does that mean the giant mecha will speak? More »
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From the outside, that is. It looks like a bail bonds office or a place you could cash check or maybe even pawn a wedding ring. Inside, well, that's a different story. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5825095&view=rss&microfeed=true Level 5's puzzle adventure series Professor Layton spawned a film in 2009, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. Anime distributor Viz Media now plans to bring the Japanese movie to America this fall, reports Anime News Network. Another puzzle solved. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5817633&view=rss&microfeed=true Today, Professor Layton studio Level-5 is teaming with Japanese phone game company DeNA to make a new social game called Professor Layton Royal. [Kotaku Japan] More »
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There's a new Gundam series, penned by Professor Layton designer Akihiro Hino. It's dubbed Gundam Age. New Gundam means new Gundam toys. More »
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Makes sense! Especially seeing how Layton designer Akihiro Hino is penning the story for new Gundam series, Gundam Age. His studio, Level-5, is also working on a new Gundam RPG for unspecified hardware. More »
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Actually, you know, it loses nothing. It's just that one kind of charm is replaced with a different kind. So carry on! More »
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They were young. Attractive. During the 1960s and 1970s, a conveyor belt of female pop idols hit the record charts in Japan, releasing forgettable single after forgettable single. They didn't write their own music, and they didn't have to. Their job was to be cute. More »
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With an older, learned gentleman in a silly hat determined to solve mysteries alongside his young assistant, Konami's Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights for the Nintendo 3DS could easily be confused with Nintendo's Professor Layton at first glance. Let's look a little deeper. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5791657&view=rss&microfeed=true Akihiro Hino, who really needs some sleep, recently tweeted that his studio is currently working on the sixth Professor Layton title. Shocking! Hino did not specify the platform, but the other Layton games are DS or 3DS titles. So... [via @AkihiroHino via Eurogamer] More »
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Professor Layton is the star of a series of puzzle-solving adventure games. Featuring beautiful animated cutscenes, they feature Layton and his young sidekick, Luke. They are hugely popular in Japan, which means one thing: other game companies are now ripping it off. Shamelessly. More »
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Well, it's name. Fans of professional American sports will be used to seeing stadiums named after companies. Insurance companies, banking companies, telecommunications companies. It's a shame, then, that unlike in Japan, none of them are named after video game developers. More »
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Five years ago, Akihiro Hino was coming off designing, writing, producing and directing two role-playing games, Rogue Galaxy and Jeanne d'Arc. He was young, ruddy and full of life. Then, the unthinkable happened. His games started taking over the entire country. More »
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There's more than one way the Nintendo DS' favorite Professor can solve a puzzle. As seen on Super Punch. More »
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Riddle me this: what do game companies do when competitors release extremely popular titles? Let's ask Professor Layton, star of huge-in-Japan puzzle games. He's busy. Will Doctor Lautrec do? More »
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Today, the Nintendo DS game from Professor Layton developer Level-5 and My Neighbor Totoro creator Studio Ghibli goes on sale in Japan. How's it going to do? Well, how do you think it's gonna do? More »
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In Japan, video games are called "TV games" (terebi geemu). Here's a look at video games that have been turned into tabletop entertainment. Think TV games, but minus the TV. More »
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Puzzle hero Professor layton and legal champion Phoenix Wright, together in the same Nintendo 3DS game? Crazy. It's so crazy you may want to watch the game's debut trailer to be sure it's real. More »
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Today in Tokyo, Fukuoka-based developer Level-5 held its annual press event. Kotaku Japan was in attendance as Level-5 revealed a handful of new titles. But what new titles? More »
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Studio Ghibli, Japan's beloved animation studio, is teaming up with Level-5, one of the country's most popular game makers, for a new adventure called "Ni no Kuni". A high definition version is coming to the PS3. It is beautiful. More »
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Take part in a thoroughly polite time-traveling conundrum with the newest adventure of Professor Hershel Layton and his puzzle-solving ward Luke in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, a charming, thought-provoking British adventure. More »
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The Professor Layton animated film, which by all accounts is rather good, will be getting its first official Western release in the United Kingdom. And what a release it is! More »
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Not to be left out of all the fun, Professor Layton and his little friend Luke will have their own 3DS game, tentatively called "Mask of Miracle". More »
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Last winter, Level-5 puzzle franchise Professor Layton got its own animated feature film, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. This winter? More »
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Game developer Level-5 has released a series of popular Professor Layton games through Nintendo onto the Nintendo DS. Level-5, however, is planning its worldwide escape. More »
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In the next game from the studio behind the episodic adventure games Sam & Max, Strongbad, and the Tales of Monkey Island, the fictional town of Scoggins, Minnesota is a cold play and also a bit weird. More »
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Level-5, the Fukuoka-based developer behind the Professor Layton puzzle series, is working on a new game. A new game for hardware it hasn't yet seen. Hrm. More »
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All video game movies suck? Not so fast. The anime based on the Professor Layton puzzle series is quite good. More »
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I bet when you woke up this morning, you didn't think you'd be starting out the day with five minutes worth of Professor Layton spinning around an ice rink. More »
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We're sorry we showed you that Professor Layton figure last year. It may have led some of you to try and buy one. We're sorry about that because you should probably check out this one instead. It's much better. More »
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Chris Kohler over at Wired's Game Life blog has gotten himself deep into a copy of Professor Layton's next out, Demon Flute, which was released in Japan last week. Here's a tiny taste of the puzzles we can expect. More »
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In the latest issue of Famitsu, Level-5 honcho Akihiro Hino reveals the first bits of info about upcoming Professor Layton game. More »
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With a new Layton movie due out in Japan next month, it's time to start cashing in! And there's no better way than with a line of small, neat little action figures. More »
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In an interview with Official Nintendo Magazine, the Level 5 CEO Akihiro Hino has said the studio has no plans to bring Professor Layton to the Wii, despite the series' strong popularity on the DS. More »
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Next January, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, the animated film based on the Professor Layton puzzle games, will be released in Japan. To hold everyone over until then, here are images from the flick. More »
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