{"id":16871,"date":"2019-08-13T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T13:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/contra-bomberman-get-board-games\/"},"modified":"2019-08-13T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T13:52:03","slug":"contra-bomberman-to-get-board-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/contra-bomberman-to-get-board-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Contra &amp; Bomberman to Get Board Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Konami Cross Media NY has signed two licensing agreements to create board games based on its classic video game titles <em>Contra<\/em> and <em>Bomberman<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Targeting a North American launch in spring 2020, Blacklist Games is developing a cooperative board game based on the original <em>Contra<\/em> video game, with card-driven gameplay and detailed miniatures of famous characters. Meanwhile, IDW Games has licensed the global rights to develop a <em>Bomberman<\/em>-branded board game, slated for launch later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The deal marks the first time <em>Bomberman<\/em> will become a board game. IDW Games also secured the global rights to develop card games, puzzles and collectible pins based on the gaming title.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bomberman<\/em> was originally launched in 1987 for NES as an action video game; the newest version, <em>Super Bomberman R<\/em>, launched in 2017 exclusively on Nintendo Switch and is now also available on Xbox and PlayStation 4.<em> Contra<\/em> also initially debuted in 1987, gaining its notoriety through its run and gun-style action and trailblazing multiplayer cooperative gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to welcome Blacklist Games (in conjunction with Kess Co.) and IDW Games as licensees to our rapidly growing slate of partners helping us expand the consumer products for our gaming brands, <em>Contra<\/em> and <em>Bomberman<\/em>,\u201d said Jennifer Coleman, Konami Cross Media NY\u2019s VP of licensing and marketing. \u201cWe hope fans will love the fantastic and compelling gameplay the board game versions will offer from these two Konami titles. This is just the start of the different engagement points we plan to develop in order to create a truly robust experience for <em>Contra<\/em> and <em>Bomberman<\/em> fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re extremely excited with this opportunity to work with an iconic property like <em>Contra<\/em> and having Blacklist Games create an immersive board game that captures the essence of<em> Contra<\/em>\u2019s action-packed experience,\u201d said Alex Kessler, founder and CEO of Kess Co.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Bennington, IDW Games\u2019 VP of new product development, added: \u201c<em>Super Bomberman R<\/em>\u2019s epic battling and colorful characters translate well into the multiplayer board game we\u2019ve envisioned. We hope fans will embrace the opportunity to discover that when the game debuts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konami Cross Media NY has signed two licensing agreements to create board games based on its classic video game titles Contra and Bomberman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":16872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4795,3733,3734,4796,4797,4452],"class_list":["post-16871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-blacklist-games","tag-bomberman","tag-contra","tag-idw-games","tag-kess-co","tag-konami-cross-media-ny","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Contra &amp; Bomberman to Get Board Games - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/contra-bomberman-to-get-board-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Contra &amp; Bomberman to Get Board Games - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Konami Cross Media NY has signed two licensing agreements to create board games based on its classic video game titles Contra and Bomberman.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/contra-bomberman-to-get-board-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-13T13:52:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Contra-Konami-719.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"477\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"310\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/contra-bomberman-to-get-board-games\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/contra-bomberman-to-get-board-games\/\",\"name\":\"Contra &amp; Bomberman to Get Board Games - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-13T13:52:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-08-13T13:52:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/contra-bomberman-to-get-board-games\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/contra-bomberman-to-get-board-games\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/contra-bomberman-to-get-board-games\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Contra &amp; Bomberman to Get Board Games\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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