Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. BlowOut is a video game of the run and gun genre released in 2004 by Terminal Reality for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC. In the game the player takes over the role of John "Dutch" Cane, a space marine sent to check up on researchers on the space platform "Honour Guard" only to discover that they have been horribly mutated. Gameplay is often described as very similar to games such as Contra, Metal Slug, or Abuse. On January 26, 2009, the game was released on the Xbox Live Marketplace as part of the Xbox Originals program.