Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)
Transformers: War for Cybertron is a video game developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision that takes place before the Transformers take their war to Earth. Hasbro is aiming for the story to tell the first chapter in the direction they're taking the Transformers franchise in the coming years, and so they've been giving a lot of input and stressing character development. [1]There are both a Decepticon and an Autobot campaign with linear storytelling; the Decepticon campaign will be placed chronologically before the Autobot campaign. [2]
The game itself will be an over-the-shoulder third-person shooter in which the player can choose his character from a small roster of either Autobots or Decepticons. The game will be released on July 22, 2010, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and PC.
Synopsis
The game is set during the early days of the Great War on Cybertron. Megatron is searching for a dangerous power source known as Dark Energon to fuel his conquest of the planet. Optimus Prime has come to prominence after joining the fight following an attack on Iacon, but he is not yet leader of the Autobots.
Characters
According to Game Informer magazine, the following characters are playable:
Autobots
Decepticons
Promotional graphics also show designs for Ironhide and Soundwave, who may also be playable, and the trailer showed a quick glimpse of Starscream. The Decepticon campaign includes a boss battle with Omega Supreme and the Autobot campaign includes defending Iacon. Players should expect references to Cybertron locations taken from all previous Transformer stories, "things which may have only been referenced once, in one comic way back when, could be used and expanded upon." [3]
Features
- Campaign will be co-op both online and off for the first time in a transformer game.
- All playable characters have at least one special abillity such as absorbing health from enemies or marking targets
- The game is running on the Unreal Engine
- High Moon is prepared to "Support the game after release" meaning either patches or DLC
