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Argonaut was best known as the developer of the original Star Fox on SNES, collaborating with Nintendo to build perhaps the most impressive early example of 3D graphics on a game console. The studio eventually shut down in 2004, and it seems the name Argonaut is coming back as “boutique publisher,” according to apress release, “with a planned slate of classic Argonaut IP and exciting original titles for both current and retro-gaming platforms.”
There’s some continuity with the original studio, too, as co-CEO Gary Sheinwald “I worked closely with Jez on the design and production of Starglider, Argonaut’s first big hit back in 1986, so to take up the mantle of relaunching Argonaut Games nearly four decades later brings me full circle, and we have further exciting announcements in the pipeline in the coming months.” …
