Feature: "Fans Have Waited Many Years For A Return To Form" - WayForward On Contra's Grand Revival

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The Contra franchise has had a bit of a rough ride in recent years.

Although fans and critics alike were generally receptive toward the 2011 title Hard Corps: Uprising, Konami put the franchise on ice for a total of eight years until the poorly-received Contra: Rogue Corps in 2019.

Yet fans have continued to eagerly await a new entry in the long-running series; one that would bring Contra back onto the right path and remind disillusioned players why it was such a great franchise to begin with. With Contra: Operation Galuga, developer WayForward Technologies is bringing the series back to its roots with a brand-new entry that acknowledges the past while looking ahead to the future.

To find out more about the upcoming title (currently scheduled for 'early 2024'), we spoke with Operation Galuga's director Tomm Hulett, who sheds light on how the project came to be, what the team has learned from its prior games, and how it will appeal to both veterans and newcomers alike...