A little over thirty years ago, Contra arrived in arcades and became one of the most beloved franchises of the ‘80s and ‘90s, becoming synonymous and with run-and-gun shooters and ridiculously high ...

Available as part of the NSO Expansion Pack — and thus technically available to play on a Nintendo console outside of the Contra Anniversary Collection — Contra: Hard Corps represented the SEGA ...

Contra is back with a new entry that’s coming exclusively to mobile devices. On Monday, Konami announced Contra Returns, a new take on the side-scrolling run-and-gun series that’s coming on July 26.

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This included file showcases Contra design documents, and offers a brief series production history. The Contra games are known for their co-operative play. However, you're limited to playing offline, ...

In 2020, Blacklist Games and IDW Games will be looking to release board games based on the Contra and Bomberman franchises, respectively. These two franchises are owned and licensed by Konami Cross ...

Konami has outlined the full game lineup for Contra Anniversary Collection, and it's good news for, well, collectors. In addition to the four already-announced titles (Contra, Super Contra, Super C ...

Even though they'll finish the game in a hurry, fans of the Contra series should by all means play Contra: Shattered Soldier. There's no denying that Konami's Contra is a classic. First released in ...

Contra III: The Alien Wars is every bit the vexing challenge it was back in the '90s, and it's still quite a bit of fun too. In their heyday, the Contra games were about as good as the scrolling ...

80s action classic Contra returns with a brand-new game, but can Konami compete with the series’ unofficial homages? We would’ve loved for Contra: Rogue Corps to be a good game. Not only are we big ...

Contra: Rogue Corps is not good. This is a game that not only actively ignores everything that has made the Contra series great over the last 30 years but almost every tenet of good game design in ...

Blacklist Games and Kess Co. will launch a new board game based on Konami’s Contra next year, 34 years after the game originally debuted as a coin-operated arcade game. Contra later came to the ...