New 2010 Transformers Video Game: War for Cybertron

[GMfan]

Protoman has given Cybertron.ca images from Gamestop's Game Informer magazine of the next Transformers video game, War on Cybertron. This game features new designs reminiscent of War Within, Classics figures, and the Michael Bay Movie characters.

Produced by Activision expect to see this game sometime in 2010. Is this what the next new series for Transformers will be or a stand alone game? Time shall tell, till then, enjoy the preview!

[Protoman]

So Game Informer, a magazine you get from Gamestop and EB Games has scans of a new TF game........ this is COMPLETELY OUT OF NO WHERE! (You can get this mag now at EB Games or Gamestop in Canada)

Title: Transformers - War for Cybertron
Company: Activision
Continuity: New one.... looks like a War Within concept
Consoles: New Gen (So Xbox360/PS3/PC I guess)
Release: 2010

SCANS!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/protomanx/tfgame/Cybertron_Scenery.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/protomanx/tfgame/Megatron_WfC.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/protomanx/tfgame/OptimusWfC.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/protomanx/tfgame/OptimusWfC_good_shot.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/protomanx/tfgame/Op_vs_Bot_in_CR.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/protomanx/tfgame/War_for_Cybertron_001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/protomanx/tfgame/War_for_Cybertron_004.jpg

Enjoy and don't wet your pants.

[racerguy76]

AWESOME!!!!!

http://kotaku.com/5421996/transformers-the-war-for-cybertron-puts-autobots-in-gears

[General Tekno]

Amazingly incredible.

[Benzo]

looks great! I wonder if toys will be made of these?

[Bruticus82]

The game looks great, although, does anyone else think it looks like Megs and Soundwave have a very similar body?

[jourdo]

Enjoy and don't wet your pants.

Next time put this BEFORE the pictures.

Damn!

[Thonor]

Enjoy and don't wet your pants.


Jourdo beat me to it...
This looks extremely promising. Those designs are great!

[Megamould]

Good lord. Those robot modes look deadly. Please let it be nothing like the last 2 games.

[Nocturn]

Enjoy and don't wet your pants.

Next time put this BEFORE the pictures.

Damn!

:o

[omegalaw]

Well thats just sexy.

[Protoman]

Remember this nixed picture?

http://tformers.net/g/generated/12567/20091002__scaled_500.jpg

It's all starting to make sense now........... new series

[Ultra Maverick]

Pants thoroughly wet...

What it the estimated release date of this baby?

[-KG-]

This looks very good. Hopefully these great images translate into an epic game.

[Protoman]

Pants thoroughly wet...

What it the estimated release date of this baby?

All it says is 2010....... considering how we get a series normally 3rd quarter of a year... I figure late summer 2010.

[Autobot Hound]

siiiiiiicknesssss!!!!! another new take on their molds......i can see them growing on me.

I like that soundwave tho!

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Megatron's design is too jagged and pointy. Not as bad as the movie design, but still a bit off. Love the rest of the robots though. Hopefully we'll get toys for a few of these.

In fact, does anyone suspect that this might be what they base the next toyline on, rather than a new TV series? It'd help bridge the gap between RotF and TF3 but they could still cancel it to make room for the next movie without having to worry about cutting its associated fiction short (since the game will already be finished.) If it's popular enough to warrant a continuation after the TF3 line has finished they can just make a sequel to the game.

[Pascal]

So cool. I'd buy toys of those.

[1337w422102]

I see potential, but I'm afraid that they'll just make a lackluster "lol, double dragon with robots lolololol" game again. Here's hoping they don't.

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Actually, according to the article linked earlier in this thread it's going to be a "lol, gears of war with robots lolololol" game. Looks promising.

[1337w422102]

Actually, according to the article linked earlier in this thread it's going to be a "lol, gears of war with robots lolololol" game. Looks promising.
Well, that's a step up, at least. Hope they put in gameplay this time!

[Nocturn]

I love how GMFan just comes in and steals Protoman's thread. This is the time when I wish I was a superist moderator.

[UltraPrimal]

Transformers combined with Modern Warfare?! DAMN! Can I haz game now, plz?

[Prowl_2009]

My God! :eek: Wetting my pants as I read this! :p :D

[BeeBoy29]

wow that is hot!!!
cant wait for this!

[Prowl_2009]

Transformers combined with Modern Warfare?! DAMN! Can I haz game now, plz?

Here, Here! :D

[Black Cat]

Oh... my... GAWD!

DEFINITELY getting a PS3 now!

[Echotransformer]

That just made my day! I'm going to have to thank you for that!!!

[Stapler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs

I'm loving what I'm seeing! Do you think that this game could be a tie-in with the next transformers show Hasbro is working on? Maybe that unidentified Prime prototype (that was shown with what may be Drift) is a new toy of this games Prime.

[Tech Spec]

I hope this is nothing like the last two games. The COD perk system made me go :woot:

[Cheers Ian]

Wow!

This came out of nowhere!!

I really like the design of the bots, Very Cybertronian, yet classically G1 inspired!

Woo Woo!

Cheers!
-Ian

[GMfan]

I love how GMFan just comes in and steals Protoman's thread. This is the time when I wish I was a superist moderator.

I do what I wanna

[Supernova]

Ho-lee cats! :eek:

So very excited on this!

[optimus scourge]

Nice!

[Code of Honor]

To comment on the designs, HOLY GOD THEY LOOK REALLY REALLY AWESOME!!! :D ... Ok calm now.

Something interesting I noticed about them is that it looks like you can see the energon flowing through their bodies. I first saw this with Soundwave and then noticed that the others have the same look. Could be a new element to game play or just a cool design choice, either way I like it. And if there is going to be toys of these I can't wait to see how this "energon flow" will be done... light up leader class figures!:D

[Janitor]

WOW! Awesomeness to the 10th power!

While it looks amazing, still going to wait too see what the gameplay and storyline's like. With videogames, you can never tell how good the final product's going to be just by looking

[Prowl_2009]

After seeing this, I don't think I'll be sleeping tonight! :D Instead, I am pulling out the Matrix of Leadership and having a marathon! :cool:

[Protoman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs

I'm loving what I'm seeing! Do you think that this game could be a tie-in with the next transformers show Hasbro is working on? Maybe that unidentified Prime prototype (that was shown with what may be Drift) is a new toy of this games Prime.

The general consensus is that yes, that prototype that was found along side "Drift" was indeed the same Optimus Prime design seen in these images. Notice the hips and "crotch" area, they are the same.

This would also explain why Hasbro was quick to take down all those images those 2 or so months ago.

[UltraPrimal]

I hope this is out before TFCon. I would love to play in a tournament with this at TFCon. And who knows, if it's not out by then, maybe our loving staff could get the developers to bring a demo to the convention. Like how at BotCon, Activision was demoing the ROTF game.

[Dragon Knight]

Please, PLEASE Hasbro make figures of those models!

[Code of Honor]

I hope this is out before TFCon. I would love to play in a tournament with this at TFCon. And who knows, if it's not out by then, maybe our loving staff could get the developers to bring a demo to the convention. Like how at BotCon, Activision was demoing the ROTF game.
TFcon year 3 had a demo of the Transformers Armada game. And I agree with you it would be cool to have it at our show.

[dak]

I think this might not be a new series. I think this is a game set out to be a War Within/ Stormbringer idea in video game form as sort of a lead up to G1, or quite possibly, yes, a new series. But if it were a new series, It would not have gone to print unless hasbro gave a word. If Hasbro says nothing about it, then chances are it's just a Pre earth game.

[soundwaveCA]

I'm sure it will be just as crappy as every other TF video game out there, the legacy of shame lives on.

[GMfan]

I'm sure it will be just as crappy as every other TF video game out there, the legacy of shame lives on.

Forever the optimist :p

[astrana]

Hope this turns out good. ROTF is kind boring after a while and online game play is really really shitty.

so next year we will see, new TF cartoon toys, Universe/Classic 3.0 and maybe the game ones??? ouch...

[chans formers]

i need to change my shorts:eek:

this game looks absolutely stunning!! i just pray they mechanics of the game end up like the control/combo style that's in god of war!!!!the pic that shows prime with his double bladed axe seals it!!!

can you guys imagine fighting a boss battle against a screen hogging thunderwing?hopefully it'll be another fight like the armada tidalwave fight.........(what???i can dream can't i??:D)

[pulsedragon20]

looks very good...will it be available for every system?

[astrana]

looks very good...will it be available for every system?

produced by activison, then i dont think there wil be a license battle for it. If it got crazy graphics then Wii would be out of the game.

I hope this game will be awesome but i am concerned in couple areas

1. "The game is said to be in development at High Moon Studios (http://kotaku.com/tag/highmoonstudios/), developers of Darkwatch and The Bourne Conspiracy, and due for a 2010 release."
-I do not think any of these two games High Moon developed became a hits.

2. how long have them been developing this? Gears of War game play is awesome. but integrating transforming and alt mod roaming into this game might be difficult? They will need truly massive maps if it is not going to be free roaming.

i guess we will have to wait until the demo comes out. I am getting the game regardless if it's a win or fail.... i hope it's going to be good

[SMOG]

That.... that's REALLY nice looking. There's something about those promo images that actually feels very oldschool, despite the fact that the designs are also clearly a mashup of Bayformer, War Within and classic styles. Who's responsible for these designs... it's an interesting direction.

If this game is any good, and becomes semi-popular, I could easily see us getting toys based on the game.

zmog

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Something interesting I noticed about them is that it looks like you can see the energon flowing through their bodies. I first saw this with Soundwave and then noticed that the others have the same look. Could be a new element to game play or just a cool design choice, either way I like it. And if there is going to be toys of these I can't wait to see how this "energon flow" will be done... light up leader class figures!:D
Well, it's a less intrusive way of showing how much damage a character's taken than having a health bar above their heads.

I have my doubts on whether or not there'll be Leader-class figures for this line, though. Classics, after all, never got anything above an Ultra (as a new mould, at least.) The Leader and Supreme classes seem to be reserved for lines with an associated movie or TV series pushing them; I suspect that if we get figures for this game they'll generally be Deluxes, Scouts and Voyagers, with maybe an Ultra or two thrown in for the bigger characters.

[Mighty_Galvatron]

Pictures look great, though I think most of them are probably in-game movie shots.

My only fear is that the game looks like it could be a fighting game aka Mortal Kombat or something...I really hope it isn't.

If it's anything like Armada for PS2 I think we will be in for a treat.

Very exciting.

[Sureshot22]

thanks...., just filled my pockets.

*starts singing* and i JIZZED in my pants...:p:D

[Prowl_2009]

I'll be getting this as soon as it's released! :D Soundwave and Prime look amazing!!!

[aximili]

This unexpected piece of news has made my day! I'm kind of hoping it's not related to a new series, just because games that don't have to be tied down to a series or movie tend to be better overall.

But with that being said, I would very much dig a series like this. On Cybertron, no humans, completely CG. But we'll see.

The designs are very cool and I can see some awesome toys being made from these. Since they have no Earth mode to work around, they can work on the bot and alt modes in tandem to create something that both looks good and that a toy can be made very accurate to. If there is a new series and toyline, I can kiss my wallet goodbye.

But I'd be very happy with a small run of Video Game figures. Mostly deluxes and a few voyagers. Maybe one for each playable character.

[Prowl_2009]

I like that idea! A whole new bunch of Transformers based off this new game with cool Cybertronian alt modes and weapons! If there is one character I hope they make, based off the screenshots seen thus far, I really wouldn't mind seeing that sweet looking Soundwave! :D

[Team Jetfire]

Very cool stuff. Surprising to see a game that is not tied into another product lauch...example: Armada and Both movies got games based on them. And if infact this is tied to a new series, I think the images have given much of the fandom what they wanted...more G1 looking goodness.

[JLvatron]

And who knows, if it's not out by then, maybe our loving staff could get the developers to bring a demo to the convention. Like how at BotCon, Activision was demoing the ROTF game.

Well, TFcon did have the premier of the Armada video game several years back... :cool:

Please, PLEASE Hasbro make figures of those models!

Yes! And feel free to call the line 'Neo-Classics' :)

[UltraPrimal]

Just saw the little preview on Gametrailers TV and it looks sweet! No actual gameplay was shown, it looked like it was all pre-rendered cinematics. But a couple of things I can tell from it.

1. That grey truck prototype we saw a while back IS Prime.
2. Omega FRACKIN' Supreme is in it. Or at least a guy that looks quite a bit like him is.

[Foxw]

damn!

those pics damn near make me want to take a classics prime and mod him heavily into that one.

[evil_ivotron]

can't wait

[UltraPrimal]

Trailer is now online.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-transformers-war/59860

There's some easter eggs in there too if you go frame by frame.

[1337w422102]

Be right back, gotta change my pants.

[Stapler]

Looks like Game Informer is being treated to a months worth of info about the game according to Seibertron.com.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/game-informer-to-give-month-long-coverage-of-war-for-cybertron/17499/

If you look at the bottom of that concept art you can see it dated "Oct 2008" and "For Hasbro review". Looks like this game has been in development for at least a year and Hasbro has done a good job of keeping it under wraps. Since the news of this games existence practically came out of nowhere and Hasbro has been very tight lipped about a post Animated series, the prospect of this game being a series tie-in is looking more and more possible.

[racerguy76]

Here are a few screen caps...

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/racerguy76/wfc/wfc002.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/racerguy76/wfc/wfc003.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/racerguy76/wfc/wfc009.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/racerguy76/wfc/wfc010.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/racerguy76/wfc/wfc007.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/racerguy76/wfc/wfc008.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/racerguy76/wfc/wfc006.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/racerguy76/wfc/wfc005.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/racerguy76/wfc/wfc004.jpg

Thanks GT!

[astrana]

Not sure if you guys remember the mysterious tf toy prototype picture surfaced on the net few month ago...

saw this on /toy/ today and bang!!

Yay, so happy, just hope hasbro doesnt cancel this

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2559/4177432473_a84efaf824_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/4177432507_c9dbdaf82b_o.jpg

[Nocturn]

you saw all the threads too, lol.

[Dark Rage]

I hope it'll have the Takara "touch".

aka better paint schemes, good transformations, more than 1 deluxe size version?

Hope it won't be like the Titanium line.

[CyberMnky]

While I agree that it does look like there will be a toyline associated - Game designers and 3D movie makers often build models and sculpts of the characters to get a better feel for them. They may have made a model so they can get a feel for how the model will move as it transforms...

[Cheers Ian]

Hmmm. Interesting.

I'm sure we will know for sure once February and Toy Fair 2010 rolls around.

Cheers!
-Ian

[Prowl_2009]

Wouldn't mind a new Transformers toy line. :D

[Tekkamanraiden]

Wouldn't mind a new Transformers toy line. :D

I wouldn't mind either, however I can already here my wallet complaining.

[Prowl_2009]

I wouldn't mind either, however I can already here my wallet complaining.

LOL, mine's been complaining since Hasbro annouced Transformers Universe will be returning in 2010. :p

[Megamould]

If there is a run of toys associated with the game, I'm guessing it'll be pretty limited, kinda like G.I Joe Resolute. I don't imagine this game has anything to do with the next TV series. No human characters.

[astrana]

next year would be nice,
-game toy line
-new universe line
-core combiner line..

[Oreobot]

Whoo-hoo! A War Within toyline. Bring it on. :)

Definitely going to get that game, too.

[jackwacko]

At the end of the trailer, the Autobot side had a huge guy...was that Omega Supreme? ohh... that thing's gonna cost a limb .

New toyline=NICE!..

[Prowl_2009]

VERY NICE!!! :D

[prime13]

My wallet just shit a brick...

[Pascal]

Awesome find astrana!! Wow, we were contemplating Optimus all that time!

[astrana]

Awesome find astrana!! Wow, we were contemplating Optimus all that time!

thnx, got admit, /toy/ is pretty awesome.

i really like all the character design i saw in the trailer. it's going to be an epix toy line

[Supernova]

Hopefully the toy is part of a line, and not, say, bundled with the game in one of those collector's editions.

Because, only making a Prime out of all these designs would be a shame!

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

I doubt that they'd make a whole new mould just for a pack-in exclusive. While there have been unique figures included with video games before (such as the Big Daddy included with Bioshock) they tend to be non-poseable figurines which are much easier to design and assemble than a Transformer.

If there's an exclusive pack-in toy with this game, it'll almost certainly be either a redeco or a plastic statue, not a fully transformable action figure.

[Prowl_2009]

I second that, they wouldn't make a new sculpt simply to pack it in with this video game, they're more likely to go with an older, repainted sculpt. Cheaper to produce and easier to release in slightly smaller numbers as a video game exclusive.

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

My guess is, seeing as how this is going to be a cybertron modes-only game, the pack-in figure will be a redeco of a Beast Machines Vehicon scout. Some of the Energon and Cybertron scouts could also fit (Skyblast would work nicely) but I think Beast Machines would fit a bit better, plus they aren't nearly as overused these days.

[Prowl_2009]

I was thinking the same thing in regards to a repackaged Beast Machines Vehicon.

[jourdo]

I am really going to need more pants if I keep clicking into this thread. WOW! That trailer looks pretty.

[Sureshot22]

next year would be nice,
-game toy line
-new universe line
-core combiner line..


Core combiner line??

more info please. i've not heard of this.

[Protoman]

Yeah we covered this is all the other threads.

[Protoman]

I just pissed my pants a little..... oh hey a new game!?

[astrana]

Core combiner line??

more info please. i've not heard of this.


http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/other-news-20/new-hasbro-trademark-application---power-core-combiners-168767/

[GMfan]

Yeah we covered this is all the other threads.

Ya sees, here's what happens. People don't thoroughly read the previous thread, think they discover something ground breaking no one else noticed, and make their own thread.

Than along came a happy lil moderator and said "what the fudge!? Why do we need two threads discussi g the same thing?" and concluded it would be best to merge the 2 threads and move on with his day.

The end.

[astrana]

Ya sees, here's what happens. People don't thoroughly read the previous thread, think they discover something ground breaking no one else noticed, and make their own thread.

Than along came a happy lil moderator and said "what the fudge!? Why do we need two threads discussi g the same thing?" and concluded it would be best to merge the 2 threads and move on with his day.

The end.


I missed a line or did not read every single post, so what? you don't have to be a dick about it

[GMfan]

That wasn't being a dick, that was explaining why I merged threads. Should you want to see me be a real dick that could be arranged.

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/wfcstarscream.jpg

Looks like Starscream. Kinda hoping it isn't, though; seems like a rehash of his Cybertron/Galaxy Force design, which I wasn't much of a fan of.

[prime13]

*snip*
Looks like Starscream. Kinda hoping it isn't, though; seems like a rehash of his Cybertron/Galaxy Force design, which I wasn't much of a fan of.

Actually, I thought it was more of Soundwave's design. :/ I also think that's Skywarp, Because he's mainly purple and black.

[Shepp]

I

MUST

BUY

THIS

GAME!






....if its released on pc...




This right here may very well be close to the peak of Transformers for me. It almost tops the "They were always real to me" video.

I am so hoping that this will be the next action figure series, and possibly have a more mature cartoon to accompany it. I'm hoping for new BSG level of grittiness combined with Megas XLR level of brutality.

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Actually, I thought it was more of Soundwave's design. :/ I also think that's Skywarp, Because he's mainly purple and black.
I think all the Decepticons have purple "energon lights" in this game, while the Autobots have red. The dark colouring seems to be more due to the lighting.

Of course, it could be Skywarp, but it seems more likely that the first jet we see would be Starscream rather than one of his repaints.

EDIT: Come to think of it, it looks more like Ramjet than anyone else, with the dark red wings and everything else mostly grey.

[Shepp]

I'm hoping for a melee deathmatch mode with full dismemberment and bot support. I have an urge to see some Decepticons cleaved through with an energon axe.

As far as that seeker in that image goes, I'm betting its Starscream. The darkness of it looks more like it comes from the lighting instead of the actual colours of the seeker.

edit:

I just noticed a hint of blue on it.

As far as transformation goes, this seeker looks like it may use the Cybertron / Titanium transformation scheme.

But then on closer inspection, it may be closer to the traditional G1 / Classics transformation. I can visualize the rear becoming very stocky legs, and the angular sections heading towards the front could easily be arms that have energon-like blades close to the wrists. This would make the cockpit area have to fold down, similar to G1, making the bottom of the Seeker the front side in robot mode.

I'm leaning towards this more G1-esque transformation scheme because the Ironhide pic I've seen from this game borrows heavily from the War Within version (which in turn was partly based on the G1 toy).

Prime looks heavily influenced (as always) by his War Within and G1 transformation scheme.

[Shepp]

Okay, I did a quick photo edit of what I think the transformation scheme of this seeker would be.

Here it is.

4293


edit:

Actually, this might work using the Armada Starscream transformation scheme too, with some slight differences.

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Dang, looks like GameInformer delayed today's entry in the countdown until tomorrow. So we've got both this and the new "transmission" to look forward to on the 15th.

[Shepp]

Is it bad that I start to salivate when I look at concept art for the game or watch the videos?

[CobraCommander]

That jet looks a lot like Apeface... but is probably one of the seekers.

[Prowl_2009]

That's what I was thinking, just a seeker.

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Trivia contest with the new game's cinematics director. (http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/15/transformers-trivia.aspx)

[Magnimus]

I didn't notice until now that the designs are not only classics / movie inspired but also slightly Animated inspired.

Prime's alt mode and axe are very reminiscent of the Animated deluxe Prime figure whereas Megatron's head and altmode are also very reminiscent of the voyager Animated figure.

The more I look at these designs the more I like'em. They have a bit of everything I like from each of the recent incarnations of Transformers.

[Prowl_2009]

This game just screams Awesomeness! :D :D :D

[Stapler]

They called Rumble "Rubble"!:p Looks like GMfan and the gang have a new name to go with Soundtape, Dogbot, and Lazerbird!:D

[SMOG]

Trivia contest with the new game's cinematics director. (http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/15/transformers-trivia.aspx)They called Rumble "Rubble"!:p Looks like GMfan and the gang have a new name to go with Soundtape, Dogbot, and Lazerbird!:DLOL! Rubble!

Yeah, I have to admit, I was not impressed with the TF trivia skills on display in that video. Wow. Those guys suck! All those answers were super easy...

The only answer I had to stop and think about for a moment was Liege Maximo... and in the end, they didn't even answer that question!!

Nightbird was a cheap trick question indeed. Arguably, since Nightbird truly is just a machine, she doesn't really count as "female" anyway. ;)

Of course, I was sneering at their lack of knowledge when my girlfriend reminded me that it only meant that I was a bigger nerd than they were... :(

zmog

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

The clock is now showing 63:26:70:74, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[Benzo]

The clock is now showing 63:26:70:74, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

just over two months till the game releases?(highly doubt it) or maybe till the site opens?

[GMfan]

They called Rumble "Rubble"!:p Looks like GMfan and the gang have a new name to go with Soundtape, Dogbot, and Lazerbird!:D

Oh boy.... :P

Am I the only one who was amused by the original guy asking the questions acting like such a know it all and than when the shoe was on the other foot he couldn't answer half the questions properly or without assistance....fail

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

The webpage is up. (http://www.transformersgame.com) Right now it seems to consist of a "transmission recovery" minigame that allows you to unlock the trailer we've already seen, still renders of Optimus Prime and what appears to be a space fleet approaching Cybertron, as well as a very short video clip of a close-up of a Decepticon symbol on what looks to be a Seeker's vertical tail-fin. It says that the next batch of transmissions will be available in 31 hours.

[Mumps]

Dammit, I watched the trailer again.... *goes away to change pants*

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Screenshots from the three transmissions:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/prime.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/cybertron.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/decepticon.jpg
(This is a still from the video clip I mentioned. The actual video is only about a second long and consists of this shot with a blurred background whizzing by from left to right and a couple of camera shakes. Might as well have been another still, really.)

EDIT: I just noticed a block of text in the upper-left corner of the page. On the page itself it's written in Cybertronian and is too small to decipher, but if you copy and paste it into a text editor it reads:ONE SHALL STAND
ONE SHALL FALL

[alexsaurus_rex]

So is this not coming out on the Wii?

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

The press release (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/video-games-17/transformers-war-for-cybertron-new-info-168902/) that they sent out a few days ago indicated that it'll be released for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii and DS (although I'd imagine that the Wii and DS versions will be substantially different from the other three.)

Also, when posting the edit to my last message it completely escaped my mind that you can zoom in as much as you want with Flash. Here's the Cybertronian writing that translated to "One shall stand, one shall fall":

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/oneshallstand.png

Should provide a starting point for decoding the rest of the Cybertronian alphabet when we have some longer pieces of text to work with.

EDIT: Partial translation of the Cybertronian alphabet:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/cybertronian_alpha.png

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Just noticed a bit more text in the lower left. I couldn't copy-paste it and it has some characters that I don't have translations for so I couldn't make much sense of it. I've partially translated it using numbers for the unknown characters, maybe someone who's better at word-scramble puzzles than me can figure it out:A1A2A34T 5S DAN6EL34 5SSH AN3475S2ENE347(Note: I may have gotten some of the spaces wrong. It's tough to tell when one word ends and another begins.)

Here's the characters that correspond to each number in the partial translation:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/newletters.png

EDIT: Here's a screenshot of the text as it appears on the site (zoomed in), just in case I made a mistake in my transcription:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/newtext.png

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

I'm not sure if it's today's countdown item (the list still hasn't updated) but here's (http://gameinformer.com/games/transformers_war_for_cybertron/b/xbox360/archive/2009/12/17/hungry-for-success-a-profile-of-high-moon-studios.aspx) a profile on high Moon Studios, the developers of this game.

[Shepp]

I just noticed this when viewing the webpage for the game.

In the background there are floating debris bits. These bits are actually pieces of the CGI character models.

Here's an example (but not the only one, I think I saw 2 or 3 different torsos, and a few shoulder bits)

I circled the floaty debris in question.

That right there is Optimus Prime's upper torso.

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edit:

Wait... is the game War For Cybertron or War On Cybertron?

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

War for Cybertron, according to all the official materials.

[chans formers]

Of course, I was sneering at their lack of knowledge when my girlfriend reminded me that it only meant that I was a bigger nerd than they were... :(

zmog
lmao!!:D you and me both. my wifey said the exact same thing to me:(

[SMOG]

lmao!!:D you and me both. my wifey said the exact same thing to me:(Sigh... it's hard to be a king geek.

On the plus side, if we were really that far gone, there wouldn't be someone to say those things to us. :)

zmog

[Prowl_2009]

^^ LOL, truer words were never spoken, SMOG. :D :p

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Two new transmissions on transformersgame.com. The first is a still render of Megatron:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/megatron.jpg

The second is another short video:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/transmission2.jpg

The camera pans from left to right as the jet at the left of the shot makes an arc away from the camera and to the right, behind the tower with the modified Autobot logo, and curves back toward the camera on the right-hand side of the tower.

Next transmission in 51 hours.

[Shepp]

Hmmmm..... looks like rain on Cybertron. I like it.

[chans formers]

crazy!!! the second pic with the modified autobot emblem on the building.is it just me or does that building look like the exact same building that housed "boltax"and the font of knowledge/underbase from the original marvel comics?i wonder if the designers did that intentionally?
i'm soooo friggin stoked for this game!!!

[Shepp]

Its late to bring this to everyone's attention, but I see that right from the start the art department's establishing that Autobots have more round architecture and Decepticons have more angular architecture.


Fom a game standpoint this is great. Instinctively we'll know to approach or avoid something based on how round or angular it is.

So a health - repair pack thing for Autobots would be rounder, inviting the player to move towards it. Meanwhile a Decepticon tripmine or trap would be angular, showing that it needs to be avoided.

In addition to the standard colours and shades associated to each faction, we also now have shapes.

[SMOG]

Hmmmm..... looks like rain on Cybertron. I like it.But haven't we seen that same image a couple of times already, and in better resolution?

I love the rain... gives a great mood, though presumably it's not "water".

zmog

[Prowl_2009]

To Shepp's last post:

I was noticing that myself and think it's great! :D Mind you, this could just be a coincidence, but something tells me it may not be.

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

But haven't we seen that same image a couple of times already, and in better resolution?

I love the rain... gives a great mood, though presumably it's not "water".

zmog
Why can't there be water on Cybertron? Humans have walked around on it without protection in many continuities, which means that it has gravity close to Earth's and it's in the right temperature range for liquid water to exist, and since oxygen and hydrogen are some of the most common elements in the universe it's quite likely that any planet within that range would have rain.

[SMOG]

Scientifically speaking, that makes a certain amount of sense, even if the cartoon fact of having humans run around on Cybertron with a perfectly breathable atmosphere always seemed... unlikely to me.

Also, in the G1 Marvel continuity, water, or at least water with the same properties as found on Earth, is unknown on Cybertron. Hence the "surprise" when plain old water turns out to be the cure for Scraplets infestation.

Admittedly, that was a pretty lame twist too (and it was STILL lame when Shymalan used it in SIGNS!), and is hardly consistent with other things that have happened in the comics. In Marvel TF #1, Bumblebee immediately comments on how much he enjoys swimming, though that could be a simple terminology failure... substituting "water" for whatever common liquids are available on Cybertron.

I would just assume that precipitation on Cybertron would probably have a chemical composition different than it would on Earth.

zmog

[Shepp]

Well, since hydrogen's one of the most common elements out there, and is probably widely used on Cybertron, I don't find it that far of a stretch for it to exist on the planet.

And if there's fire, there's oxygen. So the building blocks of water exist.

Now since fires don't spread insanely through the air, I'd say there are some other elements in the atmosphere, probably a great deal of nitrogen. Probably a decent amount of carbon, as well as some heavier elements like metals.

Anyways, water's just so damned common that I would find it hard to believe there was never any on Cybertron. But then I didn't think there was enough for rain. But then I never really though of Cybertron having a dense enough atmosphere to have much weather.

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Two more transmissions posted.

First, another still:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/cybertron2.jpg

The second was another brief video clip. Here's a shot from the beginning of it:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/video.jpg

The camera pans downward and the robot in the lower right twitches and sparks while pieces fall off of him, obviously the victim of a recent Decepticon attack.

EDIT: There've also been some updates on GameInformer's countdown page. (http://gameinformer.com/mag/cybertron.aspx) An interview with the game's art designers concerning the look of Cybertron and a concept art gallery.

[Prowl_2009]

Oh man!!! :D So awesome!!! My wallet is going to want to smack me around what with this and the Arkham Asylum sequel coming out. :p

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Starscream! (http://gameinformer.com/games/transformers_war_for_cybertron/b/xbox360/archive/2009/12/23/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-starscream.aspx)

Still not liking the altmode that much, but the robot mode makes up for it. Here's hoping that he gets released in toy-form.

[Prowl_2009]

Oh man, I love the look of both modes on this guy! Starscream has never looked so good in my opinion! :cool: And I agree with you, Foxtrot, let's hope this version sees a release in toy form!!! :D

[jourdo]

Starscream! (http://gameinformer.com/games/transformers_war_for_cybertron/b/xbox360/archive/2009/12/23/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-starscream.aspx)

Still not liking the altmode that much, but the robot mode makes up for it. Here's hoping that he gets released in toy-form.

The alt mode is definitely different, but I don't actually mind it.

More please!

[CobraCommander]

Mmmm.... I kinda wish they would put the cockpit closer to the middle in alt mode. Thinner legs in bot mode would look better IMO.

[transforminator]

the conception of the way the characters look is pretty unique considering the mix of art desings from different generations including animated, timelines, and movie style

[Shepp]

Okay, my original idea of transformation scheme for Starscream was pretty far off.

Its somewhat looking more like a cross between a VF-1 and G1 seekers, then highly stylized.

I could actually see Jetfire / Skyfire being a seeker in this style, though an advanced seeker with slightly different wings, minus the conehead.

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

Some new transmissions. Three stills and a video this time.

Here are the two stills:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/cybertron3.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/corridor.jpg

The video was the same "AA gun blowing up" clip that we saw in the teaser trailer, but extended slightly. I couldn't get any clear screenshots of the new portion, unfortunately, but it basically consists of what looks like an Autobot getting thrown backward from the explosion.

Next batch in 50 hours.

[prime13]

One thing makes me wonder... Arent those Optimus's parts floating around with the space junk? I definetly saw his body and arm peices.

[Hobbyist Prime]

I didn't wet my pants but they did get a bit tighter!!!!! XD

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

The countdown page hasn't been updated, but I'm guessing that this (http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/25/optimus-prime-time-lapse.aspx) is the Countdown item for the 25th. Nothing too impressive, just a timelapse video of a guy drawing Optimus Prime. The actual Prime drawing is pretty similar to what we've already seen.

[prime13]

There was also one of a Decepticon symbol on a jet wing or something.
It says the next batch will arrive in 30 hours or so.

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

The Decepticon symbol video was from the first batch of transmissions that were put up a week ago.

[Prowl_2009]

Man, the environments in this game look simply beautiful! :)

[Whisky Tango Foxtrot]

New article on GameInformer (http://gameinformer.com/mag/cybertron.aspx). It's an interview with the game's director. Nothing much of substance is said, though, mostly just the usual assurances that the game is going to be good and we should all spend our money on it.

The most recent batch of transmissions at transformersgame.com consist of the same "Prime gets ready to attack a Decepticon with his axe" picture that was in the original GameInformer print article, a short video of Optimus and Ratchet running along and swatting Decepticons (couldn't get any screenshots in which you can actually tell what's going on, so you'll have to watch the video for yourself) and another rendered still of Optimus:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/DIguana/War%20for%20Cybertron/prime2.jpg