- Contra: Operation Galuga Now Available! - 13 March 2024
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…
- Contra: Operation Galuga Launches March 12! - 1 March 2024
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 follows in Netflix footsteps, offering games on top of anime - 8 November 2023
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+ Dimensi…
- At Last! River City Girls 1 Trading Cards! - 13 September 2023
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!
- New River City Girls 2 trailer shows off sweet moves, Summer 2022 release date - 15 December 2021
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 m…
- Here's your first look at River City Girls 2 - 3 October 2021
We already knew that River City Girls 2 was in the works, but we've not seen a lot about it since it was revealed earlier this year. Now, thanks to a new trailer shown off at Tokyo Games Show 2021 , we've actually been able to see the follow-up to the 2019 indie hit in action – and it looks great. Picking up shortly after the original, River City Girls 2 brings Misako and Kyoko back into the fray as the two characters set out on an all-new beat-’em-up adventure across the mean streets of River City. You can check out the debut trailer – complete with gorgeous graphics and killer soundtrack – below. A press release for the game confrims that the sequel will include "new moves, new enemies, new recruits, new environments, and the return of an old foe" as well as" await, along with "the same over-the-top sense of humor and adrenaline-pumping combat of its predecessor". The game will also f…
- Have You Played River City Girls? - 8 May 2020
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Are you tired of the same old tropes for side-scrolling beat-em-ups? It’s usually either save the girl or save the world, and it’s all very serious. River City Girls is a lot more tongue in cheek, as two schoolgirls try to save their boyfriends from being kidnapped by punching and kicking their way through other students, mall cops, and masked wrestlers. (more…)
- River City Girls: Outstanding Visual Style Nomination - 28 November 2019
Thanks for all the support for RCG so far! Now we could use your help getting nominated for the Steam Awards! Handmade pixel art, manga, anime cutscenes...what’s not to love?!
- WayForward's latest punch up River City Girls is out now - 6 September 2019
There are some pretty standard rules in arcade brawlers. You’ve gotta have co-op, that’s for sure. But you’ve also gotta kick things off with a kidnapping. More often than not, that means getting two mean-looking lads to rescue their dames. Bit naff, innit. River City Girls flips the script, with two ass-kicking lasses saving hapless daniels-in-distress Kunio and Riki, the lads from the series’ very first game. They’ve been nabbed by the cops, see, so it’s time to go to town and do some crime. River City Girls put the long-running brawler in Double Dragon Neon and Shantae developer WayForward’s hands – and it’s out now. (more…)
