Contra: Rogue Corps gets weird competitive multiplayer mode

Contra: Rogue Corps is Konami’s latest entry in the long-running run-‘n’-gun shooter series, and this time the studio is including a competitive multiplayer mode as well. Carnage League is a 4-on-4 sport that Konami debuted in a new, incomprehensible trailer.

I’ve watched the Carnage League video like six times to figure out what is going on, and I think I finally understand. It is like Rocket League, but instead of car soccer, it’s gun soccer. Oh, and the ball is a giant alien bug, and the goal is a meat grinder. And you find out who wins at the end of the game based on which team earned the most bug meat. In other words, it’s exactly like cricket — I mean, why do you think it’s called cricket?