While were all eagerly waiting for X06 and the "Major Franchise" it will bring, news of Hexic 2 has been found via Game Informer. In an interview with the magazine, Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of both Hexic and Tetris, stated:

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“the other work that I’m happy to be involved with is a second version of Hexic for MS. Its gong to be awesome. I really believe it will be a very nice product because we aren’t making very serious changes compared to the first one, but after 3 years of experience with the game you really understand what is missing, what is extra, and you can really fix it. That’s what I’m really happy with, and the MS people are really happy with the enhanced multiplayer version which we’re crafting now.”

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While I never got close to getting all 200 points for the game, I certainly enjoyed the original and would certainly enjoy it with multiplayer.