On Wednesday, Degree-5’s puzzle-adventure recreation Professor Layton and the New World of Steam acquired a 2026 launch date following a full-year delay. Through the years, as a consequence of a scarcity of recent data on the newest Professor Layton recreation, followers started to lose hope and anticipated the date to be pushed again but once more. In April, a brand new trailer confirmed that the 2026 release schedule remained unchanged. Now, months later, the sport’s official launch date was finally introduced throughout September’s Nintendo Direct.
Here is the sport’s official description, per an announcement from Nintendo:
Professor Layton and his trusted assistant Luke return in an all-new installment of the puzzle-solving journey sequence set on the daybreak of the economic age. After receiving a letter from Luke, the professor travels to Steam Bison, a quickly creating American city stricken by mysterious incidents.
Professor Layton officialy returns after 13 years
Professor Layton and the New World of Steam is the primary new mainline entry within the sequence since 2013’s Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, the ultimate chapter within the Layton prequel trilogy. Between that recreation — launched for Nintendo 3DS — and New World of Steam, writer Degree-5 has launched a sequence of spinoffs and crossovers: Layton Brothers: Thriller Room, Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Lawyer, Layton’s Thriller Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy. Quickly, the professor will enter his sequel period with New World of Steam.
Degree-5 introduced Professor Layton and the New World of Steam again in 2023. On the time of its reveal, the sport was anticipated to reach someday in 2024.
Regardless that it’s a lot nearer to the tip of the yr than followers would’ve initially thought, the upcoming Professor Layton recreation will in truth come out in 2026. Professor Layton and the New World of Steam is scheduled to launch on Thursday, Dec. 10. And although the discharge date announcement was made throughout a Nintendo Direct, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam may also be obtainable on Nintendo Swap, Nintendo Swap 2, PlayStation 5, and Home windows PC through Steam.