News

Professor Layton Studio Making Gundam Game

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.


June 2, 2011
In Real Life

Professor Layton Loses Something In Real Life

Actually, you know, it loses nothing. It’s just that one kind of charm is replaced with a different kind. So carry on!


April 18, 2011
In Real Life

Japan’s Most Beloved Singer Meets Japan’s Favorite Game

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.


April 14, 2011
Nintendo

Meet Doctor Lautrec, Konami’s 3DS Answer To Professor Layton

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.


April 7, 2011
News

Professor Layton Studio Is Making A New Professor Layton Game

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]


February 23, 2011
Nintendo

Japan’s Most Famous Professor Shamelessly Ripped Off… Again

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.


January 24, 2011
In Real Life

Professor Layton’s Puzzles Paid For This Stadium

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.


January 21, 2011
In Real Life

Making Video Games Is A Harsh Mistress

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.


January 17, 2011
News

While You Were Sleeping

Kotaku AU

While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.

It’s also the name of a regular section here at Kotaku, where we round up all the best news coming in overnight, to save you trawling down the page for an excuse to not start work. Don’t say we’re not good to you!


January 15, 2011
In Real Life

If Professor Layton Was On The Xbox 360…

There’s more than one way to solve a problem in life. As seen on Super Punch.