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New Contra Announced for PSN and XBLA

Hard Corps Uprising to be spiritual successor to original Genesis game, under development by Arc System Works.

By Kat Bailey

From: http://www.1up.com/

Having already made an appearance on WiiWare, Contra will soon be making the jump to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. This time though, it will be as a spiritual successor to the Sega Genesis's Contra Hard Corps.

IGN has an early hands-on preview of Hard Corps: Uprising, which is being developed by Arc System Works, best-known for their work on titles including BlazBlue and Guilty Gear.

While the look is a bit more anime than usual, the gameplay looks to be much the same as previous games. The first level will reportedly include the familiar wall boss, and power-ups like the Spread Shot will also be making their return.

Contra has a reputation for being tough, and the Hard Corps mode will stick with the series traditions. However, there will also be a Rising Mode, which will allow players to take three bullets before going down, instead of just one.

Hard Corps: Uprising is slated for a winter release. Expect more detailed impressions at E3.

The secret to Palm Pre dev mode lies in the Konami code

by Ross Miller

We couldn't believe it either, but as it turns out, from the launcher screen of your Pre, simply type in the phrase "upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart" -- which if you parse with spacing might be more easily recognizable as the infamous Contra / Konami code (look it up) -- and up comes a hidden app called "Developer Mode Enabler." Looks like it was discovered via the leaked ROM from earlier this evening. It's apparently used to connect a Pre to a machine running Palm's Mojo SDK for webOS, and we have confirmed its legitimacy. In fact, if you want proof and you don't have a Pre of your own, head on after the break for a video we put together, just for you.

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