River City Girls News

Contra is back - reloaded, reimagined, and reborn - with Contra: Operation Galuga! Grab your spread shot and run 'n' gun your way through explosive co-op action against the Red Falcon army!

This thorough remake of the revolutionary Contra NES/arcade game from the 1980s redeploys players to the Galuga Archipelago, where you'll take control of elite Contra commandos Bill Rizer and Lance Bean (as well as other warriors) and use an assortment of iconic weapons such as the Spread Shot, Laser Beam, and Homing Missiles to run, jump, and shoot your way through burning jungles, frigid mountains, a grotesque alien lair, and more. Character-specific abilities, devastating Overload powers, and unyielding bosses keep the action intense across Story Mode (1-2 players), Arcade Mode (1-4 players), and Challenge Mode (1 player), while variable difficulty settings and perks provide options for gamers of all skill levels!

Contra: Operation Galuga is available now!

Prepare to attack aggressively! The iconic run-'n'-gun series, Contra, is back - reloaded, reimagined, and reborn - with Contra: Operation Galuga, launching on March 12! The legendary soldiers return to blast their way through eight stages of action against the Red Falcon army in explosive co-op action for up to two players in Story Mode or up to four players in Arcade Mode!

Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, announced yesterday that it will now be offering games at certain subscription tiers.

Announced over on Crunchyroll's own website, the Crunchyroll Game Vault is a newly opened library of games you can play, added on top of all the anime you can watch through the service. The Game Vault won't be available to all members though, as it starts at the Mega Fan tiers, which costs £5.99/$9.99 a month, and is also available through the US only subscription tier Ultimate Fan, which is $14.99 a month. According to Crunchyroll, the Game Vault will be a "constantly growing library of mobile games," and is already available on Android, with iOS devices getting it "very soon in more than 200 countries, all playable with no ads and no in-app purchases."

To start, the service will include River City Girls, Wolfstride, Inbento, Captain Velvet: The Jump+ Dimensions, and Behind the Frame, so a nice little selection of indie games. Quite clearly they're also leaning more towards those anime vibes, as while they're not all Japanese-developed, they're all clearly inspired by Japanese media in some shape or form.

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Thanks to your support, trading cards, emoticons, and backgrounds are now available for the original River City Girls! Show your River City spirit and snag these collectibles featuring the game's heavy-hitting heroes and villains, including: Misako, Kyoko, Misuzu, Yamada, Hibari, Abobo, NOIZE, Sabuko, Hasabe & Mami, and others! Gotta punch 'em all!

WayForward released a new trailer for upcoming beat-em-up River City Girls 2 at the latest Indie World direct showcasing what’s made a return, what’s new in the game, and also narrowing down the release for Summer 2022.

Before the trailer, director Bannon Rudis and producer Colleen Fannin talked about their experiences with the River City series and their excitement at getting to work on this new game. “I’ve been a River City fan since the days of the Nintendo Entertainment System,” Rudis said. Fannin also revealed that the game will have online co-op.

The trailer itself shows off the same pixelated brawling that made the first game so good, along with some new moves that Misako and Kyoko can use, as well as their boyfriends Kunio and Riki in action alongside new characters Marian and Provie. All the action was accompanied by a song by Megan McDuffee, the same composer who made the killer soundtrack for the first game.

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