Looks like the Transformers movie franchise isn’t about to finish anytime soon, which leaves the door open to manufacturers of toys and video game developers to churn out even more intellectual property to milk the franchise for all it is worth. Activision is guilty of this as well, having announced an upcoming title known as Transformers: War for Cybertron, where it is currently in development by award-winning High Moon Studios. This one isn’t based off any movie, but with the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen DVD released just a few months’ back, the impact is still there as hardcore fans search for all things Transformers to appease their appetite.

Based on Hasbro’s legendary TRANSFORMERS property, the game takes players to the TRANSFORMERS characters’ home planet of CYBERTRON for a new look into the epic story of the grand civil war that spawned one of the most brutal rivalries of all time. Transformers: War for Cybertron is an origins story, taking players on a gripping, adrenaline-fueled journey that precedes the TRANSFORMERS characters’ arrival on Earth. The game transports players to a living, metallic planet where they will battle as giant converting robots in single player, online co-op or head-to-head multiplayer matches that are fully immersive from start to finish. Transformers: War for Cybertron features two distinct storylines: the AUTOBOT campaign tells a story of heroism to save their home planet against overwhelming odds, and the DECEPTICON campaign tells a story of an unquenchable thirst for power to control the universe. For the first time in a TRANSFORMERS title, fans will be able to play the game with their friends through team-based online co-op, or go head to head in a variety of intense, online multiplayer game modes. The game features a sci-fi art style that introduces to fans the entire living, metallic world of CYBERTRON, as well as all-new visualizations of the iconic TRANSFORMERS characters in their original Cybertronian forms.

This is one title that PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and Windows PC owners can all look forward to, although no prizes for guessing which platform will have the prettiest graphics. Image courtesy of Codamon.

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