Contra Update: April 2025
Hello Contra backers!
It’s been a while since we had an update so I’d like to bring you up to speed on a few areas of our preorder fulfillment.
Part One: Manufacturing
All copies of Contra: Reloaded are moving through the manufacturing process and toward shipping. As of right now, we’re still on the timeline that I provided in previous updates.
Part Two: European Preorders
For several months, the status of our European preorders was in flux as we worked out several necessary legal items. I can now definitively share that all preorders from Europe will be honored and distributed.
Part Three: American Tariffs
As of my writing this on 4/10/2024, the tariff conflict between the United States and China may impact our timeline but will not impact your costs. Your preorder is already paid in full, and KessCo is committed to delivering your game without any added surcharge. In order to achieve this, we may have to delay shipping until tariff costs come down. We will keep you updated as we have definitive answers.
Additional Notes
If you have not yet done so, please fill out our Google Form (linked here) to ensure your copy goes to the correct mailing address. We understand that it may be difficult to find your order number, and we will do our best to fulfill your orders with whatever information you are able to provide through the form. Finding and providing the order number with your updated address is the only way to guarantee that we are able to fulfill your preorder.
Information submitted via email will not be accepted.
Signed,
The KessCo Team
Contra Update: February 2025
To the Contra community,
Hello again from Kess Co! We have updates and next steps for the Contra project and are ready to share them with you.
At the time of our last update, we had gained access to all of the game files and needed to put them through the licensor approval process. After some feedback, that approval process is now complete. The game is entering full production within the next two weeks as teams return to work after Lunar New Year, and will be coming to you under the title of Contra Reloaded to differentiate it from the previous version of the game.
Given time for production, international container shipping, and distribution, we are expecting Contra Reloaded to ship out to customers this summer. In the meantime, enjoy this sneak peek of the minifigure pack.
Signed,
The Kess Co Team
Statement on Blacklist and Contra: The Board Game
To the gaming community,
We, KessCo, would like to provide clarification and updated information about the Blacklist pre-order title, Contra: the Board Game. There has not been a statement yet while we were in a limbo space with both logistics and some of the legal assets. Now that we have a clear path forward on our end, we are ready to communicate that path to the community.
For the past 3 years, KessCo has been working to gain access to all of the game files from Blacklist and finish the approval process with Konami so that we can fulfill Blacklist’s pre-order campaign. During this time, we have been able to bring our commercial version of Contra: the Board Game to market. Our commercial version of the game is made of both less and different content than the pre-order edition, which is why it came to market first. We understand the confusion around the commercial version of the game, but have been unable to speak for Blacklist as to the status of their title.
As of right now, we have access to all of the game files that we need in order to fulfill the Blacklist pre-orders. That version of the game, including the mini figure upgrade, is ready to enter production. We can definitively say that all pre-order customers will receive the content that they ordered.
Look for more updates as we move into the full production process.
Signed,
The KessCo Team
If your address has changed since the original pre-order, please fill out the Google Form linked here.