This year's Tokyo Game Show has a little something for everyone, and that includes puzzle-savvy fans of the Professor Layton series eagerly awaiting the next installment, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam . A new trailer released by developer Level-5 today takes us through the hustling-and-bustling, huffing-and-puffing streets of Steam Bison, USA, one year after the events of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future , where the game is afoot for Herschel and Luke. Fans will have to wait a little longer to join them, though, as the trailer concludes with confirmation that the new game will now arrive on Nintendo Switch platforms in 2026 . Professor Layton and the New World of Steam was originally slated to release sometime this year. Professor Layton and the New World of Steam Trailer RELATED: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Gets Free Title Update on November 19 Yo Oizumi is back in the role of Hershel Layton, with Luke newly voiced by Mio Imada (Hinata Tachibana in the Tokyo Revengers live-action films). Famous puzzle design team QuizKnock will be supplying the Level-5 game's challenging new brain teasers. The Professor Layton video game series started in 2007 with Professor Layton and the Curious Village . Following a main trilogy and a prequel trilogy, the series launched into spinoff games. These include the Layton Brothers iOS game, a crossover with the Ace Attorney series and a 2017 game starring Layton's daughter Katrielle. This new game will be the series's first since then. Source: LEVEL5 on YouTube
