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Level 5 Expanding to The U.S.

Posted June 2, 2010 by M.H. Williams

Level 5 is well known for working with major publishers for their hit titles. The developer has been behind numerous second-party RPG titles, such as Square Enix's Dragon Quest VIII and Sony's Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy, and White Knight Chronicles games. They hit it big with their first self-funded and self-published title, Professor Layton and The Curious Village for Nintendo DS. 

The company announced today that they are planning to open a North American branch in Santa Monica, California this September. The new branch will be named Level 5 International America Inc. Level 5 remains mum on whether the studio will be development-based or for purely administrative purposes.

The company says that a European branch is also forthcoming. Level 5 is currently developing White Knight Chronicles 2 for PlayStation 3, and developed the recently released Nintendo DS monster hit, Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies.

[Thanks GameSpot]

M.H. Williams has been writing in some form or another for ten years and has been a hardcore gamer since the NES first graced American shores.  You can catch him on Twitter as @AutomaticZen, Google+ as himself, or on his personal Facebook page.