Japanese developer Level-5 celebrated its 26th anniversary earlier this week and as part of this, its CEO Akihiro Hino shared a message to fans about the company's game schedule for next year.
Hino reconfirmed how the plan is to release "three new titles" in 2025. In case you missed the original announcements, this includes Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time and Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road.
As of next month, Level-5 will also be upgrading its development blog to a new version, which will allow the team to share regular updates about all of its upcoming projects. Here's a translation (via Automaton Media):
"Today, October 28, marks Level-5’s 26th anniversary! Thank you everyone, for your continued support! We plan to release three new titles next year, so please look forward to it! Also, starting next month, we will be upgrading our Development Blog to a new version and making regular updates to provide information on titles other than Inazuma Eleven."
Apart from this, the stunning-looking new Switch RPG DECAPOLICE has also been locked in for a 2026 release.
Are you looking forward to any of these Level-5 games in 2025? Let us know in the comments.
[source automaton-media.com]
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Three new titles will be released in 2025... worldwide, right..?
You will release those titles worlwide, right?
DECAPOLIS was the one I wanted the most, and it's the most delayed game from Level-5. Pushed way into 2026. 😭
They're going to get delayed again anyways.
Aside from that, haven't been interested in their games ever since they tried to make a trailer for a game only using generative Ai.
I'm still waiting for a physical release of that mecha game
Seeing Xenoblade X and the good Professor on the NL home screen this morning is a thing of beauty.
@Bobb All three have been confirmed for worldwide release.
Damn, Switch 2 gonna be out by the time they release any of these.
Decapolice confirmed as “locked in” for 2026. No dates are “locked in” with Level 5. That is not being cynical that is just fact as Level 5 have no peers when it comes to their abyssmal track record of delays.
Hope they do switch 2 upgrades at launch…
@Zeebor15 you’ll wait til you’re dead, afraid. They gave it zero marketing. It barely got a digital release. Sad because it’s a great game.
@Bobb
So for next year and beyond we got:
I am very much looking forward to those games and with all the games I want to play, that are already available, I can wait.
Happy Anniversary Level-5 even though I'm late, so looking forward to all the upcoming games whenever they're ready (busy playing so many games in the meantime) starting with the first one to come also datewise which is Fantasy Life - also haven't got Megaton Musashi W yet due to it being digital only, eventually will get it regardless but how I wish it got a physical release, too!
We still want a Professor Layton collection!
@Erigen Deca's had 3 years between announcement and (proposed) release, the Inazuma Eleven game was supposed to release in 2017.
Well, better to confirm the 2025 releases than to announce more delays, but I'll believe it when I see it. Not sure about the release strategy for Inazuma Eleven, what with the demo already having been available for so long - maybe they were just testing the interest levels before committing more resource to development...
I get that game development takes time, and that delays are common. I'd rather games be delayed than rushed out to make some deadline. That said...this has happened with MANY of Level-5's upcoming games. It doesn't exactly inspire confidence....
Fantasy Life i is one of my most anticipated games of 2025. I cannot wait.
Oh boy I remember professor Layton. Those game’s were pretty good. I remember really wanting the last specter because of the London life side game.
and of course, Yo-Kai Watch is left behind, again...
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