Holy Toledo!  AGON still alive and kicking

Written by Jack Allin — March 26, 2007 at 13:42

With episodic gaming becoming more and more popular, less and less has been heard about AGON following the release of the first 3 episodes in the 14-part adventure series. Though its developers have maintained all along that the project was still alive, release of the fourth installment has been continually pushed back, leading to speculation that the series may be done for good. At long last, however, there's tangible news about The Lost Sword of Toledo, as Lexicon Entertainment has announced it will be publishing the game this June.

The Lost Sword of Toledo takes the intrepid Professor Samuel Hunt to the lovely Spanish city, whose calm and peaceful atmosphere is concealing some longstanding dark secrets. According to the game's recently updated website, that underlying trouble may be about to resurface when "a young man formerly known for his honesty has recently been caught stealing treasures, and now some families have renewed wounds of past grievances."

The new game promises to be much longer than the first three episodes, which were originally released only as downloads before being compiled into The Mysterious Codex. In fact, while actually the fourth episode, Private Moon is considering AGON 4 to be the second complete "game" in the series, which helps explain not only the longer development time, but also its release immediately as a full retail product by Lexicon.

Private Moon still fully intends to deliver the remainder of the series as well, though it will follow a somewhat erratic development schedule. The 14 episodes in total will be broken down into 7 full-fledged games, some of which will be larger individual adventures (like Toledo and the next adventure in the series, The Tale of the 4 Dragons in Beijing), while others will be comprised of multiple smaller episodes (like the Codex). It's a little confusing, perhaps, but for now it's good news enough to know that the series is still moving forward at all.

Lexicon will be publishing AGON: The Lost Sword of Toledo worldwide, with the exception of the US, Canada, and Russia. No plans have yet been announced for these territories, but the initial release is scheduled for June 29th.