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From The Games Cabin:

If you were an avid player of the original Xbox back in the day, there’s a good chance you came across the notoriously difficult Xbox exclusive Blinx games. First released in 2002, Blinx: The Time Sweeper received fairly decent reviews, as did its 2004 follow up. Unfortunately all six people still waiting on a third installment will be disappointed to learn that Microsoft has since dropped the Blinx trademark, effectively killing off the franchise.

It’s a shame really, they were possibly some of the best action-platform games available on the original Xbox, something the current generation of console could benefit from. Still, if you do have a hankering for some Blinx action, the second game is actually playable on the Xbox 360 through backwards compatibility.

The trademark was dropped December 26.

Suck and blow me if old.

 

[The Flash]

Ryan McCaffrey am cry

 

[Takao]

microsoft will have to go back in time to correct this error

 

[Hideous Snake]

Fair enough, give Rare their dignity back.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

 

[The Boohbah Zone]

There goes the hope for the only true Xbox One system seller.

 

[Lijik]

Who is going to be the first to acquire the hot Blinx IP now that Microsoft has dropped it.

 

[statham]

Who is going to be the first to acquire the hot Blinx IP now that Microsoft has dropped it.

THQ probably.

 

[Diddy Kong]

Who is going to be the first to acquire the hot Blinx IP now that Microsoft has dropped it.

Platinum Games

 

[Baron_Calamity]

I had fun playing that game back in the day.

 

[Reversed]

Surprised that the first post wasn't "It went in a Blinx of an eye"

 

[Welfare]

They did nothing with it anyway.*

Spoiler

*cries as it was typed.

 

[FlyinJ]

Blinx was pretty much the poster child for the bygone "BBB" era.

Generic platformer with crappy gimmick, and absolutely godawful art direction.

 

[Dennis]

Oh no, not Blinx!

 

[RespectThySole]

Noooo not Blinx!

 

[Onaco]

Fair enough, give Rare their dignity back.

Rare didn't make Blinx...?

 

[maxcriden]

I always liked this trademark. How can I pick it up?

 

[Maffis]

The death of the third person action adventure.

 

[EchoChamber]

Blinx no :'(

 

[ChosenPredator]

poor blinx

 

[disappeared]

*punches wall*

 

[TheSlySoul]

Surprised that the first post wasn't "It went in a Blinx of an eye"

Blinx and you will miss it.
*gets pun shield*

 

[RespectThySole]

We could've had Blinx vs Knack duking it out for best platformer

 

[Garraboa]

Fair enough, give Rare their dignity back.

Artoon.

Crap, with the revival of PD I was hoping MS would be more adventurous and start reviving their OXbox IPs for a new gen.

 

[sixteen-bit]

That create a character feature was neat in the second game.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

Platinum Games

Actually that would be perfect. A dirt cheap IP with some recognition that Platinum games can re-tool into their premier Action-Plat-former and/or Spectacle Fighter (Like DMC or Bayonetta) franchise. Who do I contact for this?

 

[JordanN]

I really liked the concept of Blinx.

It described itself as the "first 4D video game" which was true (you can change the past and future gameplay).

 

[RespectThySole]

Platinum Games

Hmmm

 

[Tengrave]

Didn't Podcast Unlocked want to buy this just to have it?

 

[The Llama]

The way it used the hard drive was pretty damn innovative.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

I can't remember but i think it was either Blinx or Kameo where Phil Spencer said on the GB E3 Live cast that it was a bad game. Not Surprised to see it dropped.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Get it Arzest, now's your chance to reclaim your creation!

Nintendo can make good use of Blinx in a team-up with Arzest. I hope it's considered if Arzest can grab it. Wii U needs more 3D platformers!

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Who is going to be the first to acquire the hot Blinx IP now that Microsoft has dropped it.

Nordic

 

[slabrock]

valve needs to snap it up and put Blinx in dota 2

 

[EBE]

nooooo!
Microsoft just shot themselves in the foot.

 

[RespectThySole]

I can't remember but i think it was either Blinx or Kameo where Phil Spencer said on the GB E3 Live cast that it was a bad game. Not Surprised to see it dropped.

Yeah it was Blinx. Spencer didn't like it at all.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

YOU GODDAMN SONS OF BITCHES.

What the fuck. They should have at least given the IP one more shot before dropping it entirely.

I'll never forget you buddy.

 

[LyleLanley]

I guess they're devoting their resources to a Voodoo Vince sequel.

 

[Tetranet]

Heh, I always wanted to play this but never owned an Xbox.

The way it used the hard drive was pretty damn innovative.

Care to elaborate?

 

[Willy Wanka]

The second game was crap but I genuinely enjoyed the first one, even though it was pretty damn difficult. R.I.P. Blinx.

 

[Hasney]

We could've had Blinx vs Knack duking it out for best platformer

But now we can get Knack X Blinx in the same game!!!

I really liked the concept of Blinx.

It described itself as the "first 4D video game" which was true (you can change the past and future gameplay).

Then it wouldn't be true if that's the 4th dimension as you could do that in Sonic CD.

 

[Takao]

Dropping the trademark doesn't mean Microsoft no longer owns the IP, it means they have no future plans for it and someone can name an unrelated game Blinx.

 

[Rorschach]

You guys can't possibly be clamoring for Blinx... Those are some rose colored nostalgia glasses.

 

[FonkyByNature]

Well i wasn't expecting Blinx to come back but it still sucks. It was my favourite platformer back in the Xbox days.

 

[entremet]

Blinx was one of the last in the line of furry Sonic clones.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

You guys can't possibly be clamoring for Blinx... Those are some rose colored nostalgia glasses.

Better than Griity McBaldy Shooter 3

 

[Jimmyfenix]

You guys can't possibly be clamoring for Blinx... Those are some rose colored nostalgia glasses.

Fuzion Frenzy was pretty neat

 

[Floex]

YOU GODDAMN SONS OF BITCHES.

What the fuck. They should have at least given the IP one more shot before dropping it entirely.

I'll never forget you buddy.

 

[Vazra]

Well i wasn't expecting Blinx to come back but it still sucks. It was my favourite platformer back in the Xbox days.

Voodoo Vince tho...

 

[Xater]

Who wrote that news? These games did not review decently and they were most definitely not good.

Voodoo Vince was a good platformet that only appeared on Xbox but most definitely not these games.