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Level-5, the developer behind games like Ni No Kuni and the Professor Layton series, has trademarked three ambiguous game titles: Wonderflick, Rare Drop Adventurer Note, and Earth Devastating B-rank Girlfriend. Level-5 is responsible for the Guild01 and upcoming Guild02 titles , and it's possible... More

Join Yoshiyuki Momose, Studio Ghibli Director of Animation, as he talks about his role working on Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. In the second installment of Ni No Kuni developer diaries, Yoshiyuki Momose discusses Studio Ghibli’s part in developing Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch and... More

Level 5's CEO Akihiro Hino invites fans inside the famed studio's Fukuoka-based headquarters as he discusses the making of Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch. The first episode of Namco Bandai's look at the making of Ni No Kuni provides an office tour of Level 5 and discusses the studio's... More

Yasumi Matsuno isn't a household name, but he worked on titles like Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Final Fantasy XII at Square before moving on to Level-5. Now Matsuno is moving on again. The only game Matsuno made at Level-5 was Crimson Shroud, a 3DS RPG that is part of the Guild01 compilation... More

Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney still hasn't been confirmed for North America, but that doesn't mean we can't take a gander at its box art. I think it needs more color. And maybe a few more characters. More

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch won't make it to North America until January. Until then, you can check out this new trailer. It has been available in Japan for quite some time. It's currently receiving the localization treatment, but the option will be available to play in Japanese with... More

Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch may have been pushed into 2013, but at least it hasn't been pushed very far. IGN recently posted a new trailer for the game, and at the end the date January 22, 2013 appears. Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch is a PlayStation 3 exclusive. More

We learned last month at Tokyo Game Show that Ni No Kuni, the RPG developed by Level-5 with animation by the beloved Japanese movie house Studio Ghibli, will be coming to North America. Now we know its North American title. Edge reports that the U.S. branch of Level-5 has applied for a trademark on the... More

Level-5, best known in America for the Professor Layton and Ace Attorney series, recently released an action RPG called Little Battlers in Japan. Now, a trademark filing indicates that the franchise might be coming to the U.S. – and may include much more than just video games. The trademark filing... More

Level 5 is an increasingly popular Japanese developer known for creating such titles as the Professor Layton series, the last two Dragon Quest games, and White Knight Chronicles. Recently, the studio expanded to a new North American office. Learn all about it in this new video. In the video below (uploaded... More

Viz Media has announced that it will be distributing the 2009 film Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva in North America. The film has been released elsewhere in both subtitled and dubbed versions, but this marks the first time the film will be officially available stateside. Viz made the announcement... More

Level 5, the esteemed developer of the puzzling Professor Layton series, is joining forces with mobile developer DeNA to deliver Professor Layton Royale. The social game will arrive in Japan first, with the possibility of spreading West. The mobile game is a crossover with Kaito Royale, an immensely... More

It's been a while since we heard anything about Professor Layton and the Specter's Flute, and many gamers assumed the 2009 Japanese DS puzzler would never make it stateside. A new trademark by Level 5 makes it look like it will be coming after all, and with a name change. The trademark is for... More

Full disclosure - I don't have much experience with either the Professor Layton series or Phoenix Wright series. But let me tell you, this Japanese trailer for the recently announced 3DS game looks awesome. Combining the problem solving and great personalities of both franchises into one great caper... More

Over here in North America, we've only just received Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, the third game in Level-5's quirky puzzle-solving series, but in Japan they're already preparing for the fifth game. Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracles was originally announced as a DS title... More

In a recent interview out of Japan, Cacpom's Keiji Inafune and Level-5's Akihiro Hino confirmed that the two companies are working together. Andria Sang has translated quotes from Japanese business site Diamond Online in which the two industry luminaries tease the mysterious project. "This... More

Ni no Kuni (aka The Another World) is an upcoming team-up between Level-5 and Studio Ghibli, the company behind such incredible animated films as Spirited Away , Princess Mononoke , and Howl's Moving Castle . In other words, it's pretty much guaranteed to look pretty and will probably be whimsical... More

Independent developer and publisher Level 5 is looking to inflate their publishing arm through a North American expansion, according to reports from Siliconera and Japanese gaming news site Andriasing . Currently stationed in Fukuoka, Japan, Level 5 is the developer behind well-regarded games such as... More