Rubik's Cube Rubik's Cube Rubik's Cube is a 3-D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 via businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Towns founder Tom Kremer, and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that year. , 350 million cubes had been sold worldwide making it the world's top-selling puzzle game. It is widely considered to be the world's best-selling toy. On the original classic Rubik's Cube, each of the
Professor Layton and the Last Specter prevented the game from being released before the end of 2011. Every puzzle in "Last Specter" was created by Akira Tago, a Japanese professor and author of the Atama no Taisō series of puzzle books, which has sold more than 12 million copies within Japan. The game was produced by Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino, and designed around the concept of , detailing how Professor Layton met his apprentice, Luke. The "Professor Layton" series was envisioned as a trilogy, to be completed with the release of the third game, "Professor Layton and the Unwound Future". In spite of this, Hino said