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[El Duque]

Our friends at Activision dropped by to share the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron timeline found below. Enjoy!

[TulioDude]

What happens to them after they leave Cybertron is told in the Exodus and Exiles novels isn't?

[Savage]

Anyone else think that "The Journey" segment really sets the stage for a space-based third game? Can we say "Escape from the Planet of the Ap--" erm, I mean, "Escape from Cybertron"?

[Homerjay14522]

I think they put this out to cement a 3rd game. I mean from all the glorious reviews from all the different game an non game related outlets, I wouldn't be surprise if we hear an announcement from Activision soon.

[monuo_ripts]

What happens to them after they leave Cybertron is told in the Exodus and Exiles novels isn't?

I believe that WAS the original intention but the Exodus novel starts with Optimus in the archives, befriending megatron, working its way up to the major conflict, Megatron disposing of the previous Prime who IS NOT Zeta Prime as in War for Cybertron, then Optimus being named the new Prime by the council with Megatron present, which finalizes the segregation between Optimus and Megatron. They then go through the same ordeal of leaving Cybertron and go Planet hopping in Exiles.

I probably missed some important differentiating details between the books and video games but there is enough to make them separate but similiar continuities.

It's always hard to fit all these continuities together without ignoring small details like how Prime could be what happens after FoC but the fact that all the robots already knew about dark energon before getting to earth and rediscovering it. I guess they could have "forgotten" somehow.

Or how WfC and FoC could be a G1 continuity but there is the ongoing detail about the dinobots and combaticons.

It's fun always trying to piece these together. I wonder if they will make one more game that is on earth, or if they made a new MMORPG so the fans could kind of write the new continuity their selves.

[Darth Bombshell]

What happens to them after they leave Cybertron is told in the Exodus and Exiles novels isn't?

I think the basic timeline goes like this:

Exodus (first half)
War for Cybertron/Exodus (second half)
Fall of Cybertron/Exiles (first few chapters)
Exiles (majority of the rest of the book)
Prime

[Mark(NL)]

Damn, I hate it that they placed this game in the Prime universe. It just feels G1-ish...
Though the game itself is Fantastic with a capital "F".

[Ronynus Prime]

This does set up the eventual third game in the series nicely, and I recall something similar was produced upon the release of the first game as well. Here's hoping that while there is a lot being done to needlessly meld this series with TF: Prime, the third game will speak for itself, leaving Hasbro to finally let the two new narratives remain similar but different, and separate.

[KUMA-NIN Maximus]

What happens to them after they leave Cybertron is told in the Exodus and Exiles novels isn't?

I believe that WAS the original intention but the Exodus novel starts with Optimus in the archives, befriending megatron, working its way up to the major conflict, Megatron disposing of the previous Prime who IS NOT Zeta Prime as in War for Cybertron, then Optimus being named the new Prime by the council with Megatron present, which finalizes the segregation between Optimus and Megatron. They then go through the same ordeal of leaving Cybertron and go Planet hopping in Exiles.

I probably missed some important differentiating details between the books and video games but there is enough to make them separate but similiar continuities.

It's always hard to fit all these continuities together without ignoring small details like how Prime could be what happens after FoC but the fact that all the robots already knew about dark energon before getting to earth and rediscovering it. I guess they could have "forgotten" somehow.

Or how WfC and FoC could be a G1 continuity but there is the ongoing detail about the dinobots and combaticons.

It's fun always trying to piece these together. I wonder if they will make one more game that is on earth, or if they made a new MMORPG so the fans could kind of write the new continuity their selves.

This.

And there is also the fact that this can also lead to other things... Such as developing ways to set up collections, writing fan-fiction, and more.

[a Cobra Viper]

I think we'll see an announcement for Transformers: Journey to Earth, or some other synonym for traveling, soon.

I really hope this is it's own continuity. I'd rather it lead into G1 than Prime, though. I just hope the designs are less bulky in the next installment. My biggest complaint are Optimus and Swoop's legs. They are THICK. It just doesn't make any sense on Swoop, and Optimus just looks weird.