Konami continues it’s 50th with Contra: Rogue Corps & the Anniversary Collection.

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Contra: Rogue Corps is a twin-stick, third-person action game drawing upon its roots in fast and focused combat developed for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC (STEAM). From the director of CONTRA III: THE ALIEN WARS and CONTRA: HARD CORPS, Nobuya Nakazato instills more than 25 years of franchise pedigree into Contra: Rogue Corps with enormous crazed enemies, over-the-top violence, and a cast of diverse playable characters that add to the irreverent tone of the game.

Several years after the events of the Alien Wars, Contra: Rogue Corps follows a former military group living on the fringes as bounty hunters and treasure finders in the Damned City. Survival requires fast reactions, powerful weapons, and the occasional organ and cybernetic augmentation. Players will complete missions in PVE campaigns, gathering resources to upgrade their guns to stay alive in the Damned City. If all else fails… bring in a friend and mow-down enemies together in online and local multiplayer modes!

Key Game Features:

Action shooter with fast-paced, run & gun style gameplay
Choose from 4 diverse characters with their own unique skills and specialty attacks – determine weapons load out, customise and craft unique weapons and create a perfect symphony of destruction throughout the Damned City
Operation Room – Upgrade characters and abilities, augmenting each with improved organs and cybernetics
PVE – Deep single player Story campaign mode chock-full of challenging missions among hordes of enemies. Go solo or group with up to 4 friends or random players online* in multi-player
PVP – Create custom matches (private mode) for 2v2, 3v3, 4v4 or 1vs4 players*
Local Couch CO-OP modes with up to 4 players**
Four diverse characters with their own unique skills and specialty attacks:

Kaiser – A soldier from the Alien Wars rebuilt after receiving massive injuries, now has a massive arm that transforms into a drill.
Ms. Harakiri – Famed assassin specialising in stealth and infiltration, after barely escaping death during the Alien Wars, she fused together with an alien, now taking residence in her midsection.
Hungry Beast – Once the noted (human) scientist Kurt Steiner, he had his brain inserted into a giant cyborg panda and now spends most of his time looking for delicious snacks.
Gentleman – Brain Bug alien raised by humans. Feels the rest of the team are ill-mannered and vulgar, especially the Panda. Argues over table manners and the neatest and most efficient way to dispatch an enemy.

You can pre-order Contra: Rogue Corps now from retailers the limited day one edition. This day one edition will include two retro Contra-inspired in-game t-shirts as exclusive character skins for Hungry Beast to adorn. Both the standard and the day one edition will feature a reversible cover from legendary illustrator Tom DuBois, creator of several iconic KONAMI game cover art including CONTRA III: THE ALIEN WARS, OPERATION C and several renowned Castlevania titles.

Contra: Rogue Corps is a brand new canonical entry to the franchise that picks up following the events of CONTRA III: THE ALIEN WARS. For those looking to re-immerse or introduce themselves to the Contra series, KONAMI is pleased to release today the awaited Contra Anniversary Collection, featuring CONTRA III: THE ALIEN WARS and several other beloved games in the franchise.

The full catalog of titles in the Contra Anniversary Collection includes:

CONTRA (Arcade)
SUPER CONTRA (Arcade)
SUPER C (NES)
CONTRA III: THE ALIEN WARS (SNES)
CONTRA: HARD CORPS (Sega Genesis)
CONTRA (NES)
CONTRA (Famicom)
OPERATION C (Game Boy)
PROBOTECTOR (Sega Mega Drive)
SUPER PROBOTECTOR: ALIEN REBELS (Super Nintendo)
Bonus eBook

The Contra Anniversary Collection is part of KONAMI’s 50^th Anniversary Celebration compiling titles from its beloved franchises and retro games including the previously released Castlevania Anniversary Collection and Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection.

Contra: Rogue Corps becomes available September 24th, 2019. Will you be picking up either game?

Pre-Order Contra: Rogue Corps now from Amazon!

Get the Contra Anniversary Collection now from Steam!

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