‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’Prequel Game Coming From‘War For Cybertron’Dev» MTV Multiplayer

"Transformers: War for Cybertron"wasn't exactly a great game, but it honored the franchise roots very well with a cool story, top-notch voice acting/sound design and well-designed robots. The play got a little repetitive, but fans responded with appreciation to the rest of it and many logged plenty of hours in the game's reasonably robust multiplayer. Activision must have been pleased with the results too, as"Cybertron"developer High Moon is now working on a game that ties into this summer's Michael Bay blockbuster,"Transformers: Dark of the Moon."

While the game and film will share the same title, High Moon's effort tells a prologue story that leads into the events of the July 1 release. The big twist/gimmick for the Transformers in the upcoming game is the addition of a Stealth Force mode to each robot form, which essentially takes the best of the vehicle and robot forms -- speed/maneuverability and firepower -- and combines it into this third form. Stealth Force is already a Hasbro toy line for the series, and that pretty much amounts to what it offers, so if you still don't get it you shouldtake a look.

There's not much revealed about the story, though fans will be learning more about the movie's main villain, Shockwave. The action will apparently run through a number of environments across the globe, includes the jungles of South America, a Siberian military complex and the roughest warzone of them all.... Detroit. The Activision press release also states that"fans can play the game with or against their friends through intense, online multiplayer game modes as their favorite iconic characters."Which certainly means that you can expect an evolution of the multiplayer in"War for Cyberton,"though it could also indicate that the game will feature co-op play as well.

High Moon is handling the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 releases, which should be out sometime before the movie this summer. Behaviour Interactive is handling development on Wii, Nintendo DSandNintendo 3DS version of the game.

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