England's greatest fictional detective (no, not that one) is getting set to make his grand return next week, as puzzle-adventure Professor Layton and the Lost Future HD will be making the leap onto iOS and Android platforms worldwide come J...

Professor Layton has solved hundreds of riddles and dozens of mysteries since he first debuted on the Nintendo DS back in 2007. From a curious village in the English countryside to the mythical town of Labyrinthia, there wasn't a case he co...

Nintendo treasure and producer/director Shigeru Miyamoto had a few things to say about adventure games in a recent company Q&A. When pressed as to why Nintendo doesn't continue to support the genre in the modern era (with Famicom Detect...

Late last year, Level-5 announced that it would be porting the second Layton game, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, to mobile phones in Japan. Much like how the first title made its way west, Diabolical Box is now available in...

It appears that the Switch port of charming puzzle title Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy is preparing to head west, as the title has shown up in a new listing on the ESRB website. The find was first note...

Announced just a few days ago, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is heading to mobile devices in Japan next month. We now have a trailer to show us how it will look and I'm super jealous. Is it too much to ask Level-5 to port these to...

Earlier this year, the first Professor Layton game came to Japanese smartphones as an HD port before heading West a few months later. Now, the second game in the series, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (or the much cooler internatio...

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is now available for mobile devices. Just a few weeks after announcing intentions to bring the Japanese HD mobile port West, the game is now available on the App and Google Play stores for $9.99 USD ...

Apple has Tweeted out that Professor Layton and the Curious Village will be heading to the Western app store soon. While not giving any other details, this is likely to be a localization of the Japanese mobile release from earlier in the ye...

A scant few days after its announcement, Professor Layton and the Curious Village EXHD has received a trailer and it looks great. While the game perfectly mimics the Nintendo DS' dual screen setup on larger displays, I'm mostly in awe of th...

The Professor Layton series is no stranger to mobile devices, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the first game in the series is now getting ported to smartphones. Dubbed Professor Layton and the Curious Village EXHD, this port...

As written in the latest issue of Japanese publication Famitsu, Level-5's 3DS adventure Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy is coming to the Nintendo Switch in Japan on August 9.Originally launching for 3DS ...

Players up for a bit of smartphone sleuthing can investigate the first case of detective sequel Layton's Mystery Journey gratis, as the initial chapter is now free for all to enjoy.A "Starter Kit" has been made available for download for Ka...

On February 26, the Nintendo 3DS will celebrate its seventh year on the market. In that time, it has sold more than 70 million units worldwide and more than 340 million games. It’s been home to the great franchises we grew up with lik...

Level 5 have announced than a new anime series, based on the delightful Professor Layton puzzle games, will air in Japan in 2018.Layton Mystery Detective Agency: Kat's Mystery Solving Files, is a name that doesn't exactly roll off the tongu...

The Nintendo 3DS is gradually being put out to pasture, now that it's bulkier, flashier half-brother is taking over. We're bidding adieu to a console that had a pretty impressive back catalogue, and dominated the handheld market for a good ...

The Professor Layton series is pretty god damned awesome and has always contained an anime style for it's animation. It was one of the first DS games to have full motion video that didn't look like absolute garbage and even resembled Studio...

Level-5 has been quiet stateside in 2017. Earlier this year we got Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy on mobile and it will launch on the 3DS in North America next week. Other than the recent rele...

Final Fantasy XIV is no stranger to crossovers with Level-5 properties. In fact, the MMO's Yo-kai Watch event recently came back giving players a second chance at nabbing some Yokai companions and inspired weapons. It looks like players wil...

The Professor Layton franchise is probably my favorite thing to come out of the Nintendo DS era. A well-written, wonderfully animated adventure game with puzzles that truly tested my logic skills was just what I needed after years of more m...

As summer begins, it's time for all the kids to stay in doors and shoot gunk all over virtual battlefields. Kids fortunate enough to have been able to obtain a Switch and Splatoon 2 that is, as there continues to be more demand than Ni...

Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy, which for the sake of brevity will be referred to as Layton’s Mystery Journey for the rest of this review in progress, begins with a changing of the gua...

Sitting nice and neatly in a row on my big-ass shelf of games is every entry in the Professor Layton franchise. From The Curious Village to the Azran Legacy, they sit there, waiting to be joined by Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrie...

To help promote the upcoming Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaires’ Conspiracy for 3DS, Level-5 teamed up with SCRAP (real escape games) to make a "puzzle-solving event that challenges users around...

Professor Layton is a god! The dude is calm under duress, always witty and willing to help those in need of obtuse puzzle solutions. He does it all and looks dapper while doing it. It seems, though, that Level-5 can't quite figure out how t...