We knew about Wing Commander: Arena (thanks to EA) and we knew about Super Contra (thanks to some PartnerNet Speculation) but we certainly did not expect them to arrive together. But unless those pesky press releases are merely yanking our chain, we can now safely assume that this Wednesday will be filled with a lot of shooting. Some at felines, some at aliens but shooting all the same.

Press Release after the jump.

It's that time of month again that the OXM US review scores flow in and it's not looking good for our fine yellow friend. Tons of new never reviewed before games were included in this next month's issue. Don't get too excited though as this doesn't necessarily mean they are coming to us in July/August.

• Bomberman Live - 8.5
• Marathon: Durandal - 5.5
• Hexic 2 - 8.5
• Super Contra - 6.5
• Pac-Man Championship Edition - 6.5
• Yie Ar Kung-Fu - 2.0

It's good to see that Hexic 2 and Bomberman Live! did so well, but remember that Hexic 1 received a 9 from OXM.

[Via Thermite on NeoGaf]

Dustin Berg of Xbox360Fanboy is adding fuel to the speculation fire that Super Contra will be arriving on XBLA, and more importantly, soon. He references a post on the eXophase forums that talks about the playable version sitting on PartnerNet as we speak.

From this bit of information, they've extrapolated the idea that Super Contra will be released forthwith.

The arrival of Super Contra may indeed come shortly, but let me debunk some assumptions about PartnerNet after the break.