WayForward

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Website: wayforward.com
Average Review Score: 6.97/10
Average Game Rating: 7.62/10

WayForward has developed over 100 retail products in its 20 year history. Early efforts were directed to 8 and 16 bit console games, CD-Rom products, and online. We later extended our service to platforms including NDS, Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3. We are probably best known for our ability to revive classic intellectual property in games, and for our outstanding art and character animation capabilities. Recent products include Contra 4 for the NDS, A Boy and His Blob for Wii, and Shantae: Risky’s Revenge which is available now on DSiWare.

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Mini Review Contra: Operation Galuga (PS5) - Run-'n'-Gun Series Back to Its Best

Bill Rizes to the occasion
It's weird that Konami has taken this long to ship Contra: Operation Galuga, which is the classic Contra game fans have been asking for. After the damp turd that was 2019's Contra: Rogue Corps, the publisher handed the reins back to WayForward, the team behind 2008's Contra 4. Turns out that's all that was needed to get a...
- Mon 11th Mar 2024
- Reviews
- Konami
- PS5
- Contra Operation Galuga
- Mini Reviews
13
Review River City Girls - Retro Brawling With a Twist

Girls about town
Dishing out knuckle sandwiches as either Kyoko or Misako in couch co-op brawler River City Girls is immediately fun, with the combat comparing favourable to the genre favourites of yesteryear. As tends to be the case with this sort of title however, fighting the ever growing hordes of enemies on your quest to rescue the duo’s...
- Fri 6th Sep 2019
- Reviews
- Wayforward
- PS4
- River City Girls
- Mini Reviews
15
Review Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (PS4)

I whip my hair back and forth
The Shantae series is an odd one, isn't it? It's been around for quite some time, but never made a huge impact. The Metroidvania style gameplay and quirky writing are adored by fans, but despite being quietly very good, the games remain ignored by most. Funnily enough, you can play three of the four titles right now on...
- Mon 2nd Jan 2017
- Reviews
- WayForward
- PS4
- Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
6
Review Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (PS4)

It's y'arrrrrrrrlright
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse is a 2D side-scroller in the classic Metroidvania vein, but with a whimsical story and an anarchic sense of humour that helps separate it from the pack. Taking on the role of a half-genie named Shantae, you'll spend approximately ten hours exploring various islands, solving puzzles in dungeons,...
- Wed 27th Apr 2016
- Reviews
- WayForward
- PS4
- Shantae and the Pirates Curse
12
Review Goosebumps: The Game (PS4)

Say cheese and die
The title screen for Goosebumps: The Game issues a warning to players in a cute nod to R.L. Stine's corny but effective "reader beware" slogan – but there's more than just Monster Blood to fear here. Novels like It Came from Beneath the Sink and Stay Out of the Basement were enormous in the early to mid-90s, and this author...
- Thu 29th Oct 2015
- Reviews
- Game Mill Entertainment
- PS4
- Goosebumps
19
Review Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut (PS4)

Risky business
Shantae: Risky's Revenge – Director's Cut is a PlayStation 4 port of the 2010 Metroidvania game by WayForward Technologies. Originally released on the Nintendo DSi, the title belly danced to the PC this time last year, and now it's finally the turn of Sony format fans to get their hands on the release. This is actually the second...
- Sun 5th Jul 2015
- Reviews
- WayForward
- PS4
- Shantae
10
Review Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW! (PlayStation 3)

We can't recommend a reason either
Adventure Time is ridiculously exuberant. Its characters are eccentric and weird, its storylines are convoluted and odd, and its humour is a mix of silly, low brow, and exceptionally well timed. It's a show of complexity and deep lore based on the insane. Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON'T KNOW!...
- Tue 19th Nov 2013
- Reviews
- D3 Publisher
- PS3
- Action
- Adventure
14
Review DuckTales: Remastered (PlayStation 3)

A-woo-hoo
The original DuckTales waddled onto the NES in 1989, and for over twenty years, it has been remembered fondly by those that played it. But it isn’t just the game that has lingered in the darkest recesses of a generation’s memories, as so too has the television show. From the infectious theme song to the original voice actors,...
- Fri 30th Aug 2013
- Reviews
- Capcom
- PS3
- PSN
- Platformer
17
Review The Smurfs 2: The Video Game (PlayStation 3)

Feeling blue
One may assume that the business of producing low-budget movie tie-ins died with the untimely self-destruction of THQ, but Ubisoft has boldly picked up the slack with The Smurfs 2: The Video Game, and, as is normally the case with these sorts of releases, the results aren't particularly positive. The evil Gargamel and his two...
- Tue 13th Aug 2013
- Reviews
- Ubisoft
- PS3
- Platformer
- Retro
15
Review Double Dragon: Neon (PlayStation 3)

Hurry Up, Broseph!
It isn’t often that you get to use the words “franchise”, “80s”, and “reboot” in the same sentence these days, without feeling a little bit like you’re constructing a joke and that the developer of the title in question is going to provide the punchline. In an era where popstars are turning up on Blu-ray and DVD in...
- Fri 21st Sep 2012
- Reviews
- PS3
- Double Dragon Neon
- Retro

11
News Meet The Colourful Cast of Villains In-Line for a Butt-Kicking in River City Girls 2

Double dragoness
In a new trailer for River City Girls 2, we learn about some of the villains who will oppose our heroines and their motivations. The bodacious brawler was recently delayed and is expected to launch "sometime after" its originally planned Summer 2022 release window. We get to meet Sabuko, the disgraced daughter, Ken, the rich boy...
- Fri 2nd Sep 2022
- Arc System Works
- PS5
- PS4
- River City Girls
3
News River City Girls 2 Has Been Delayed, Pulling Its Punches Until 'Sometime After' Summer 2022

Bummer, dude
River City Girls 2, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the excellent River City Girls, has been delayed. Originally slated to launch in Late Summer 2022, the bodacious brawler is now not expected until "sometime after" that window. The next instalment in the long-running Kunio-Kun franchise (which began all the way back in 1986), the...
- Thu 11th Aug 2022
- Arc System Works
- PS5
- PS4
- River City Girls
10
News RWBY: Arrowfell Is a Stylish Metroidvania Set in the Popular RWBY Universe

Team RWBY is back
RWBY: Arrowfell is an upcoming action-adventure title from developer Wayforward that tells an in-continuity story of the popular RWBY franchise from Rooster Teeth. The events of Arrowfell will be set in WRBY: Volume 7, and the show's writers intentionally left a time skip in the story so that the game is entirely canon. RWBY...
- Sat 2nd Jul 2022
- WayForward
- PS5
- PS4
- RWBY
- Trailers
4
News PSN Gets Double Dragon Neon on 11th September

Blood brothers
Get ready to brawl — Double Dragon Neon is coming to the North American PlayStation Network on 11th September. It'll cost $9.99. WayForward's series revival hurls twin brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee into an adventure to recover their mutual love interest Marian. The siblings will still be fighting over 2D planes, but the world they...
- Wed 18th Jul 2012
- PS3
- PSN
- Upcoming Releases
- North America
6
Preview Double Dragon Neon (PSN)

Blast from the past or best left unearthed?
If anyone stands a chance at a Double Dragon revival, the 2D maestros over at WayForward are the most likely to pull it off in a convincing way. Between beloved revivals of Contra and A Boy and His Blob under their belt, new takes on BloodRayne and Batman and side-scrolling classics like
- Mon 23rd Apr 2012
- Previews
- PAX
- Features
- PSN
- PS3

11
News Meet The Colourful Cast of Villains In-Line for a Butt-Kicking in River City Girls 2

Double dragoness
In a new trailer for River City Girls 2, we learn about some of the villains who will oppose our heroines and their motivations. The bodacious brawler was recently delayed and is expected to launch "sometime after" its originally planned Summer 2022 release window. We get to meet Sabuko, the disgraced daughter, Ken, the rich boy...
- Fri 2nd Sep 2022
- Arc System Works
- PS5
- PS4
- River City Girls
3
News River City Girls 2 Has Been Delayed, Pulling Its Punches Until 'Sometime After' Summer 2022

Bummer, dude
River City Girls 2, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the excellent River City Girls, has been delayed. Originally slated to launch in Late Summer 2022, the bodacious brawler is now not expected until "sometime after" that window. The next instalment in the long-running Kunio-Kun franchise (which began all the way back in 1986), the...
- Thu 11th Aug 2022
- Arc System Works
- PS5
- PS4
- River City Girls
10
News RWBY: Arrowfell Is a Stylish Metroidvania Set in the Popular RWBY Universe

Team RWBY is back
RWBY: Arrowfell is an upcoming action-adventure title from developer Wayforward that tells an in-continuity story of the popular RWBY franchise from Rooster Teeth. The events of Arrowfell will be set in WRBY: Volume 7, and the show's writers intentionally left a time skip in the story so that the game is entirely canon. RWBY...
- Sat 2nd Jul 2022
- WayForward
- PS5
- PS4
- RWBY
- Trailers
4
News PSN Gets Double Dragon Neon on 11th September

Blood brothers
Get ready to brawl — Double Dragon Neon is coming to the North American PlayStation Network on 11th September. It'll cost $9.99. WayForward's series revival hurls twin brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee into an adventure to recover their mutual love interest Marian. The siblings will still be fighting over 2D planes, but the world they...
- Wed 18th Jul 2012
- PS3
- PSN
- Upcoming Releases
- North America
6
Preview Double Dragon Neon (PSN)

Blast from the past or best left unearthed?
If anyone stands a chance at a Double Dragon revival, the 2D maestros over at WayForward are the most likely to pull it off in a convincing way. Between beloved revivals of Contra and A Boy and His Blob under their belt, new takes on BloodRayne and Batman and side-scrolling classics like
- Mon 23rd Apr 2012
- Previews
- PAX
- Features
- PSN
- PS3

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