Professor Layton Dev Level-5 Hosting Event Next Month
Level-5, the developer responsible for a variety of games including the upcoming Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, has announced an event it will hold next month. The announcement comes as good news for anyone who might have felt badly about Level-5's diminished output in more recent years.
Level-5's output dates back to Dark Cloud, an action-RPG published on PlayStation 2 by Sony in 2000. Level-5 followed up that game with a sequel, then joined Enix in development of Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King before returning to its own projects. In 2007, it released Professor Layton and the Curious Village, a puzzle/adventure game that started a franchise that continues to this day. Its output increased dramatically from that point on, with games in multiple franchises arriving in the West to a generally favorable response. Level-5 also tried its hand at publishing in North America, but met with limited success and eventually retreated from the region. This month, Level-5 staged a comeback at the Nintendo Direct that has been a long time coming.
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According to a tweet, Level-5 plans to announce new products in its Level-5 Vision 2023 event, to be held online on March 9. The event will be broadcast in Japanese, but with English and traditional Chinese subtitles available. Although Level-5 hasn't localized most of its output since 2018, online job listings suggest Level-5 wants to expand globally once again. With that effort apparently underway, it's possible the March stream will include additional console and PC releases for an audience outside Japan.
Whether new game announcements come this March or not, Level-5 has already announced Deca
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