Ready for another puzzle solving adventure with the Professor and Luke? Well, Level 5 has just released the official site for the newest installment in the series, Professor Layton and the Final Time-Travel. Also included are some character art and screenshots. Check out the full article for details.

Phoenix Wright and Kyle Hyde might be getting too passé for some of you, so it's time to roll in the latest thinker in DS town. This detective - oops, professor, rather - has an English accent and isn't afraid to use it. What's all the commotion about? Better put your thinking cap back on as we dive straight into the full article for an in-depth review of Professor Layton and the Curious Village. And we promise: we don't have any natural tendency to suddenly drop unsuspecting puzzles on you right out of the blue.

*Article originally posted on February 18, 2008 at 2:37 p.m.

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada was recently interviewed by Bloomberg Japan. DUring the interview, he mentioned a few interesting details about Dragon Quest IX for the DS and the direction he wants to see his company go.

If you want to find out what he said, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link below.

Media Create has released the Japan software sales chart for the week of January 14 to 20. It seems that Nintendo's Wii Fit is holding strong at first place followed closely by Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games for the Nintendo DS and Mario Party DS.

If you want to know more, the head on over to the full article.

Media Create has recently published its results for Japan's game sales for the week ending January 13. Wii and DS titles such as Wii Fit dominate the top ten, though you may want to look over the surprise comeback of a PSP title in the list's top five. Details await in the full article.

After last week's new releases, it doesn't come as a surprise when Media Create's latest software sales chart for December 3 to December 9 is almost dominated by previously released titles. Some newcomers such as Tales of Innocence and Lost Odyssey, however, fought for the top ten and came close to claiming Wii Fit 's throne.

Find out what's hot in Japan by checking out the full article!

Nintendo once again reclaims the throne in Japan, after an early return was witnessed for the week of November 26 to December 2. A few weeks back, the PlayStation 3 finally broke ahead of the Wii's sales numbers and many anticipated that Sony's console would remain in the lead in the holiday season. Things seemed to have normalized in Japan, and the numbers Media Create has recently released favors Nintendo. More info awaits at the full article.

Media Create's software sales chart for the week ending December 2 shows that Nintendo DS titles still sell the most software with Level 5's Professor Layton and Pandora's Box on top. On the other hand, the Wii Balance Board peripheral proved attractive enough and sold many copies of Wii Fit along with it. To know what's hot in Japan, head over to the full article!

You folks from North America must have heard that buzz coming from Japan regarding this brain-teasing puzzle game from Level 5, Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village. If you have, then you better sit up right and listen up more intently cause it's coming your way early next year! Do check out the full article to get the scoop on what's up.

The Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association (CESA) just released a partial list of exhibitors that will be attending this year's Tokyo Game Show or TGS. Since this is just an initial announcement, most titles are made for the Japanese audience and we have no idea whether these will be localized for English-speaking markets.

We brought up the topic just the same because there are some entries in the list that we know you are quite familiar with. More importantly, it looks like development studio Level 5 has plans to shake the game genre to its very core as it included an untitled entry that is "set to create a new genre". Here's the list:

• Imabikisou, Sega, PlayStation 3, Adventure
• Senjou no Valkyria, Sega, PlayStation 3, RPG
• Sakura Taisen DS, Sega, DS, RPG
• Galaxy Angel II Mugen Kairou no Kagi, Broccoli, PlayStation 2, adventure/simulation
• Rune Factory 2, Marvelous Interactive, DS, RPG
• Dungeon Explorer, Hudson, PSP, action RPG
• Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako, Level 5, tba, adventure
• Untitled game set to create a new genre, Level 5, tba, tba

Take note that this short list was compiled first by online site RPG Fan. Given the nature of the said site, we can expect the secret title to be an RPG as well. It could be a hybrid of some sort, but we're not really certain what it is. What do you think guys?