Easily one of the action genre's most revered representatives, Konami's long-running Contra series has seen release on almost every console since the NES. Following a less-than-spectacular first run ...

Contra: Operation Galuga is more than just another remake of the original Contra. It’s a reimagining of the story of aliens using an island off the coast of New Zealand as a staging ground of world ...

Konami's Contra series has had its peaks and valleys. It's coming off one of its bigger valleys in the form of 2019's dreadful Contra: Rogue Corps. In the wake of that mess, it was fair to ask if ...

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 ...

Konami recently dropped new details about their next game in the Contra series, as we get a better look at what's coming in Contra: Operation Galuga. The new run-'n'-gun action game will put a 2.5D ...

The action genre is a fairly nebulous one, with plenty of minor examples and riffs that stand out from other styles of gameplay. The most famous is likely the shooter, which serves as the ultimate ...

In their heyday, the Contra games were about as good as the scrolling shooter genre got. One of the very best in the series was Contra III: The Alien Wars for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.