{"id":595171,"date":"2026-04-10T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/595171\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:08:10","slug":"professor-layton-and-the-new-world-of-steam-brings-the-series-to-playstation-and-pc-for-the-very-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/595171\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Layton and The New World of Steam Brings the Series to PlayStation and PC For the Very First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/qkIIIBoL-ag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">latest livestream<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgmagonline.com\/news\/level-5-games-suspends-na\/https:\/\/www.cgmagonline.com\/news\/level-5-games-suspends-na\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Level5<\/a> announced that Professor Layton and The New World of Steam will be coming to PS5 and PC, in addition to the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 versions. This marks the first time the series has ever made its way to a PlayStation system, as well as PC.<\/p>\n<p>Level5 also recommitted to putting the game out in 2026, although we still don\u2019t have a release date. A new trailer was shown off during the stream as well, revealing new details and features of the series\u2019 ambitious return.  <\/p>\n<p>Whereas previous games mostly used a visual novel story format mixed with puzzles, The New World of Steam will feature full 3D environments for the very first time in the series. Layton and Luke can walk around the streets of the American city, Steam Bison, exploring the world from a first-person point of view \u2014 although similarly using arrows to move around scenes like previous games. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775840890_513_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The game will feature full 3D cutscenes and mouse support across all platforms, except Nintendo Switch. Apparently, it also features the \u201cmost puzzles\u201d in series history, with puzzle design by Quicknock. Joe Hisashi of Studio Ghibli fame will compose the soundtrack. Level5 also shared a cast of characters and the Japanese voice actors. <\/p>\n<p> Professor Layton \u2013 Yo Oizumi<\/p>\n<p>Luke \u2013 Mio Imada<\/p>\n<p>Elinora &amp; Elida \u2013 Riho Yoshioka<\/p>\n<p>Eggmuffin \u2013 Mahiro Takasugi<\/p>\n<p>Allinston \u2013 Shiny Kote<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Bobsley \u2013 Koichi Yamadera<\/p>\n<p>Falcon \u2013 Akio Otsuka<\/p>\n<p>Mystella \u2013 Michaela Wako Sato<\/p>\n<p>The last mainline entry in the franchise, Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, was released all the way back in 2013 on Nintendo 3DS. We have, however, seen a few spinoffs in that time, including Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2012) and Layton\u2019s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires\u2019 Conspiracy (2017). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the company\u2019s latest livestream, Level5 announced that Professor Layton and The New World of Steam will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-595171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}