The Professor Layton series of puzzle-adventure games has always been about one man and his boy sidekick. But that’s changing. As Gematsu reports, Level-5 has announced what I suppose you can call a reboot of the series with Lady Layton: The Millionaire Ariadone’s Conspiracy. As the title alludes to, it’ll put you in the shoes of Katrielle “Kat” Layton, the titular professor’s daughter. Taking place some years after the original series, the game starts with Kat attempting to track down her father, following in the Professor’s footsteps as she solves puzzles across London. Gradually, Kat begins to earn her own reputation as…

For a medium born in the past 100 years, it can be hard to build a direct linearity through videogaming. The blocky, stiff movements of Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid (1998) feels worlds apart from the fluid animations and semi-realistic graphics of such games as this year’s Quantum Break and Rockstar’s L.A. Noire (2011). Videogames move at a fast pace, as every year ushers in new advances in graphics processing and storytelling. It can be hard to keep up. a landscape of videogaming But there is a direct timeline that can be seen throughout gaming. Today’s releases are entirely indebted…