At Hasbro’s Toy Fair event, we were treated to a presentation by Activision for the upcoming Transformers’ game: Transformers: War for Cybertron.
Transformers: War for Cybertron is an upcoming game from Activision set on Cybertron before the Transformers came to Earth. Here are the facts that Activision have released.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

Transformers: War for Cybertron challenges players to become the ultimate weapon as a TRANSFORMERS character in the final, epic war that will determine the survival of their entire race.  Armed with a diverse arsenal of lethal, high-tech weaponry and the ability to instantly convert from robot to vehicle at any time, players will engage in heart-pounding battles on land and in the air in this gripping, 3^rd person action shooter set in the TRANSFORMERS’ war-ravaged homeland.  Complete with several multiplayer modes, Transformers: War for Cybertron allows gamers to play through story missions with their friends in drop in/drop out online co-op and compete in blistering head-to-head multiplayer battles.

KEY FEATURES:

• Become the Ultimate Weapon for Survival – Gamers can instantly convert from robot to vehicle form with the push of a single button, anytime and anywhere, allowing players to strategically demolish their enemies through a diverse variety of gameplay environments.

• Take the Epic War Online – For the first time in a TRANSFORMERS game, fans can play through each adrenaline-fueled campaign, as AUTOBOTS or DECEPTICONS, with friends around the world in drop-in/drop-out online co-operative play, and compete against one another in a bevy of intense multiplayer game modes. 

• Experience the Legendary Conflict from the Beginning – Developed in close collaboration with Hasbro, the storyline introduces entirely re-imagined visualizations of everyone’s favorite characters that comprise an original contribution to the official TRANSFORMERS canon.  Players will embark on the epic journey through the most pivotal moments of the final war for the TRANSFORMERS’ home planet of Cybertron.  

Here is the trailer shown at Toy Fair.

The game is set to be released in the Summer. Here are some screen shots provided by Activision.

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Hasbro is planning to release a set of tie-in action figures. Here are some images of the figures. The three characters announced so far are: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Megatron.

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