Argonaut Sheffield (formerly Particle Systems Ltd.) was a British

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. The company was founded as Particle Systems by Glyn Williams and Michael Powell. Games developed by Particle Systems include '' I-War'' and its sequel '' Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos''. The company was working on tactical combat game EXO, when it was acquired by

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in January 2002 and became Argonaut Sheffield. Under this new guise the company released '' Bionicle'', '' Power Drome'' and submitted a number of demos for ''

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'', '' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' and ''

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''. Argonaut Sheffield was closed in late October 2004 when Argonaut games was put into administration.

Games developed

References

External links

The official Particle Systems' homepage
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