Think of Professor Layton and the Last Specter as an end of an era. With Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle and Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney both being confirmed as 3DS exclusives, The Last Specter will be the last time DS owners will be able to solve puzzles with Professor Layton. Level-5 and Brownie Brown have done everything possible to make this experience incredible for DS owners…

If solving puzzles isn’t your thing, Professor Layton and the Last Specter has you covered. In addition to the robust adventure filled with puzzles and intrigue provided by Level-5, there is also a full-fledged RPG called London Life by Brownie Brown.

Actually, RPG isn’t exactly the right word for it. Yes, there are plenty of RPG elements like a slew of quests, plenty of NPCs, a town to explore, happiness to maintain and money to earn, but it’s really more of a life sim. Players who jump in get to create their own avatar who lives in a miniature version of the London that Professor Layton and other famous characters from the series inhabit…

Playing with Professor Layton has always been a solitary experience. Well, until now. It turns out Level-5 is going to be collaborating with DeNA to make it a more social experience. See, the Professor Layton adventure and puzzle series is going to merge with DeNA’s Kaito Royale a mission-based, social RPG. The result is an entirely new game called Professor Layton Royale that will be an adventure RPG people can play on their phones.

While details about how Professor Layton Royale will play are scant, due to it not being released on Japanese cell phones and smartphones until Fall 2011, it seems like it will be very similar to Kaito Royale…

Level-5 has made a shocking announcement – it’s working with Capcom on a video game. And not just any game, a 3DS game starring Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright! Yes, it is for real. No, it isn’t a joke. At Level-5′s Vision 2010 press conference it broke the news that Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney is in development…

High-hatted gentlemanly detective Professor Layton and his little-boy-blue apprentice, Luke, are forced to save London after a giant clock explodes an they receive an enigmatic letter.

Whenever a big ol’ clock explodes and Professor Layton and his apprentice are nearby, you know what that means: Plenty of puzzles and fun with time travel, of course…

The future must be easier to decipher than we previously thought. It has to be the only explanation for why Nintendo’s pushed up the release date for the DS game Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. This third game in the series will be appearing in stores on September 12, 2010, and not September 20, 2010 like originally planned.

In Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Professor Layton, his apprentice Luke and his ward Flora are investigating an alleged time machine after receiving a letter from the future. While doing so, they’ll also find over 150 puzzles to solve. Of course, Don Paolo will be making an appearance to attempt to pester Professor Layton again as well…

Nelson Tethers is the FBI’s top puzzle agent, in fact he’s the FBI’s ONLY agent. One day at work, the president calls Nelson and tells him to investigate the troubles of a important pencil factory (the president needs his pencils!)

He arrives at the town of Scoggins to discover that something strange is going on involving the disappearance of factory workers and some very strange lawn gnomes. Nelson needs to use his powers of puzzle solving to get to the bottom of this strange affair.

The game play is very much like the Professor Layton series. You talk to people and ask them questions about the case and, once in a while, they won’t answer you unless you…

I was able to try out Professor Layton and the Unwound Future for DS at Nintendo’s booth.

The game continues the story from the second game Diabolical Box. You are, as always, Professor Layton and your goal, as always, is to solve puzzles in an effort to solve the big puzzle of the game.

What’s new and unique about this game is that there is a memo option that allows you to pick different color lines. This makes it easier to keep track of what your notes and allows you to also make better notes with more variety.

Fans of Professor Layton who live in Europe will have a whole new way to experience and enjoy the series with Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. No, it’s not a new DS game, it’s an animated movie. Manga U.K. has acquired rights to Eternal Diva and will be releasing it on DVD and Blu-ray in September, 2010.

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva is the first movie based on the Level5 adventure/puzzle games, and first came out December 19, 2009 in Japan. Akihiro Hino, who worked on Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Diabolical Box and Last Time Travel, wrote the story for the movie, and set it after the events of the DS game Professor Layton and the Specter’s Flute.

In Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, Professor Layton and his apprentice Luke have been summoned to the Crown Petone opera house by Layton’s former student, now opera star, Jenis…

Video games are often berated for the lack of educational content found in them. They’re often considered a waste of time. But, if you look closely, even games that aren’t slapped with the edutainment label or feature educational material can be teaching valuable skills to the people playing them.

Gamertell’s put together a brief list of some video games that weren’t created with the developers aiming to educate the masses, but can end up helping players build some valuable skills. With some, the educational value is pretty obvious, but with others you probably could spend hours playing without even realizing you’ve learned something from it…