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GetRightRobot wrote:With today's multi-platform release of High Moon Studios Transformers: Fall of Cybertron comes the first of, hopefully many downloadable content packs. This is currently available on the XBox 360, and Playstation 3 for $10.00USD or 800 ms points for XBox 360. Some pictures have been posted of Ultra Magnus, Perceptor, Wheeljack and Blast Off! Not only does this pack unlock these epic characters for multiplayer use, it also adds their parts to the customization menus! So if you need a Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus, here is your oppurtunity!

Also available, and exclusive to XBox are costumes and pets for your Avatar including Prime and Megatron disguises and pet Laserbeak and Grimlock! Check out the images below!





















Click any image to see the original posted by Angelwave over at TFW2005.com

Oh my gosh! That Grimlock is adorable! I'm totally gonna get all of them! I love Wheeljack the most.

Stormrider wrote:Where's the love for Sludge?

Blur: Nowhere that's where.

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I really don't get the hate on Sludge. First, he is found deactivated in Campaign mode, then he got destroyed when the corosive materials destroyed everything. Now with the multiplayer, he gets the shaft again. However, Sludge appears in dino mode during the credits.

I never got the reason why Sludge was the dino to get the cut. A more logical choice would have been Slag. Since they couldn't use his name because of the meaning in the UK (pansies) they had to call him Slug. So instead of calling him Slug all through the game, they could have swapped him with Sludge and there we have proper named Dinobots as the main four.

Iron Prime wrote:

kwanzaabot wrote:Can't wait for the Dinobots DLC.

Hellooooo Beast Wars Megatron!

Yeeeeeessss!

Best idea ever!

Trikeboy wrote:This post will contain Campaign mode spoilers



I really don't get the hate on Sludge. First, he is found deactivated in Campaign mode, then he got destroyed when the corosive materials destroyed everything. Now with the multiplayer, he gets the shaft again. However, Sludge appears in dino mode during the credits.

I never got the reason why Sludge was the dino to get the cut. A more logical choice would have been Slag. Since they couldn't use his name because of the meaning in the UK (pansies) they had to call him Slug. So instead of calling him Slug all through the game, they could have swapped him with Sludge and there we have proper named Dinobots as the main four.

What's wrong with pansies? They're just flowers.

Just mean how they thing people will complain because the Triceratops is called Slag. There is nothing wrong with it, it's just a name. Most of the UK fans and gamers would have been happy with the name Slag. Its just the softies of the UK that can't. It's a shame they had to change it. We survived the 80's with a Dinobot called Slag, I'm sure we can survive again.

Also, I'm drawing on the Beano for some terms


Also, people talking about the logic in having the Dinobots. There is no logic to them at all. Unless Shockwave observed Earth for millions of years before he implemented his plan, there is no way he can look at earth and see a Triceratops, Apatosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus and Pterandon all at the same time. Lets suspend a little disbelief when talking about giant sentient robots please

The lack of Sludge is dissapointing, but the oppurtunity to run around as a robotic Tyrannosarus Rex more than makes up for it. Especially since I can color it purple. Yyyeeesssss.....

The Dinobots are not meant to be logical. They are meant to be giant shock troopers made of awesome.

If it bothers any of you that their altmodes don't work well as good disguises, then the same must also apply to the Insecticons, Predacons, Terrorcons, Decepticon Clones, Monsterbots, Decepticon Headmasters, Firecons, Seacons, Pretender Beasts, Pretender Monsters, and even G1 Shockwave himself (giant flying space gun on Earth makes even less sense than a robotic Earthen dinosaur).

Trikeboy wrote:Just mean how they thing people will complain because the Triceratops is called Slag. There is nothing wrong with it, it's just a name. Most of the UK fans and gamers would have been happy with the name Slag. Its just the softies of the UK that can't. It's a shame they had to change it. We survived the 80's with a Dinobot called Slag, I'm sure we can survive again.

Also, I'm drawing on the Beano for some terms


Also, people talking about the logic in having the Dinobots. There is no logic to them at all. Unless Shockwave observed Earth for millions of years before he implemented his plan, there is no way he can look at earth and see a Triceratops, Apatosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus and Pterandon all at the same time. Lets suspend a little disbelief when talking about giant sentient robots please

Haha this is exactly HOW it's been described that the Dinobots exist! Shockwave, while doing his experiments used his space bridge technology to look at other planets for ideas and saw prehistoric Earth with dinosaurs roaming the planet. From the way I understand things, WFC & FOC take place thousands, if not millions of years before our current time. Remember supposedly when they crash to Earth, they go into stasis for a while before awkening in modern times.

And I totally feel your pain with the whole "political correctness" of some of these name changes, it gets to a point where everything is going to offend someone ... But don't worry, it's not just the UK (in Slag's case yes)... The US is just as bad with the political correctness overboard! And I live in Vegas, where anything goes lol ... We still have it!

Bubbah wrote:Haha this is exactly HOW it's been described that the Dinobots exist!

The Dinobots' dinosaurs archosaurs weren't around all at the same time, though. Stegosaurus and Apatosaurus went extinct something like 70 million years before Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and Pteranodon showed up; that's roughly the same time difference between T. rex and us! Shockwave would have to be watching Earth for a looooooooooong time.

no Sludge

Sabrblade wrote:The Dinobots are not meant to be logical. They are meant to be giant shock troopers made of awesome.

If it bothers any of you that their altmodes don't work well as good disguises, then the same must also apply to the Insecticons, Predacons, Terrorcons, Decepticon Clones, Monsterbots, Decepticon Headmasters, Firecons, Seacons, Pretender Beasts, Pretender Monsters, and even G1 Shockwave himself (giant flying space gun on Earth makes even less sense than a robotic Earthen dinosaur).

Exactly. The Transformers haven't been robots in disguise for a looooong time. And if they were in disguise, well, they were never very good disguises.

Noideaforaname wrote:

Bubbah wrote:Haha this is exactly HOW it's been described that the Dinobots exist!

The Dinobots' dinosaurs archosaurs weren't around all at the same time, though. Stegosaurus and Apatosaurus went extinct something like 70 million years before Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and Pteranodon showed up; that's roughly the same time difference between T. rex and us! Shockwave would have to be watching Earth for a looooooooooong time.

But how many kids are going to know THAT much about history? To kids, dinosaurs are dinosaurs ... They know their favorites and that's enough. I mean if we're going for that close to historically accurate, well then I'm pretty sure we need to eliminate the Transformers themselves. Point is, no one is looking for a perfect explanation, all it takes is something believable and plausible ... So for most people, this story works.

Wow, Dinobots in multiplayer.

I agree they need their own game mode, it would be way to imbalanced if they run around team deathmatch.
Only Swoop would be normal.

Will it be some sort of an Escalation mode?

I think the current Escalation is way to easy, ammo beacon and healer. When revived full health again. And only 15 waves.
Should be pushed back to 20 waves and a way longer cooldown for the healer/ammo beacon and no full health when revived, just points. Otherwise great mode

Now Bruticus in a multiplayer mode, how would that be done? 5 players for the individual modes, but who would control it when combined? Would be fun that every player has like 60 seconds, 5 minute Bruticus mode then back to 5 bots. And in an escalation mode.

I do hope High Moon milks the hell out of FOC, I need Arcee/Slipstream and all the other WFC bots that weren't in FOC. Just do it, I'll buy it all!

couldnt figure out how to fit them in give me a break we all know they were intentionally kept out so you could do exactly this, put them as dlc charge us a stupid price for em so you can steal more of our money. And i guarantee you that the "dlc" is already on the disc and all your buying is an unlock patch. But anyway im sure these guys will make the multiplayer even more unbalanced than it already is, still say WFC had better online. Well WFC was a better game all around.

Frankly, I'll be happy as long as the T-Rex alt mode is balanced with the other Titan characters.

The point is we're not playing as Grimlock, but rather a rank-and-file soldier of our own creation. So forcing us into melee only and the whole "build up rage to transform" thing doesn't need to happen, as far as I'm concerned.

Just give us Titans who can turn into T-Rexes.

Anyone think we will get Bruticus next?

I noticed something......look above swoops name in the character sets...it says kickback...INSECTICON PACK TOO?!

Our friends at Activision dropped by with an official announcement for the upcoming Transformers: Fall of Cybertron "Dinobot Destruction Pack" DLC. Download yours on September 11th!

Now that fans have experienced the epic single-player campaigns and multiplayer modes of TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON, we wanted to let you know that the team at High Moon Studios listened to fans and have been hard at work on exciting downloadable content to support the growing Fall of Cybertron community.

We are thrilled to announce that the legendary DINOBOTS will be playable in online multiplayer modes with the "Dinobot Destructor Pack," set to launch next week for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

The DLC pack will include the following characters, which includes their full body + individual body parts for use in the multiplayer character creator.

• GRIMLOCK (T-rex)
• SLUG (Triceratops)
• SNARL (Stegosaurus)
• SWOOP (Pteranodon)

The TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON "Dinobot Destructor Pack" will launch on September 11th. For more information, fans can visit http://www.facebook.com/TransformersGame or http://www.TransformersGame.com.

Ironhide/Starscream wrote:I noticed something......look above swoops name in the character sets...it says kickback...INSECTICON PACK TOO?!

Yeah the Insecticons are coming up in the DLC after this one, if I remember right, which I think is in like 2 or 3 weeks.

Are these guys going remain predominately silver no matter what color scheme you pick?

Bubbah wrote:But how many kids are going to know THAT much about history?

Any kid that has any kind of knowledge dinosaurs should know that really basic dinosaur fact. I mean, hell, the show Dinosaur Train has dinosaurs travel through time to meet other dinosaurs!
Then again, popular culture tends to lump anything extinct as "dinosaurs" (pterosaurs, Dimetrodon, mammoths, cave men, etc.), and to FoC's credit it does rather nicely put together a lot of weird TF story elements in a reasonable, better-than-most fashion.

Ugh. Still no price given? Is it safe to assume it will only be $10 per the previous DLC? I'm glad the body parts will be available in the character creation section.

Now we just need Arcee, Slipstream, and all the other WfC characters that didn't make it to the sequel to be made available. Just throw 'em in the full character set section and be done with it. At least then we could use them if we wanted. The models are already made, guys. Come on.

Noideaforaname wrote:Are these guys going remain predominately silver no matter what color scheme you pick?

Bubbah wrote:But how many kids are going to know THAT much about history?

Any kid that has any kind of knowledge dinosaurs should know that really basic dinosaur fact. I mean, hell, the show Dinosaur Train has dinosaurs travel through time to meet other dinosaurs!
Then again, popular culture tends to lump anything extinct as "dinosaurs" (pterosaurs, Dimetrodon, mammoths, cave men, etc.), and to FoC's credit it does rather nicely put together a lot of weird TF story elements in a reasonable, better-than-most fashion.

Haha yeah pop culture loves to generalize! And honestly, I didn't even know there was such a huge time difference between some of the different dinosaur species until I was in high school. So growing up, I just knew that dinosaurs were dinosaurs and that they all lived together at the same time ... Look at the Land Before Time movies. And to be honest, it's sad talking to kids these days about things they "should know", everything for them pop culture and technology. A lot of things dealing with history, they're clueless about. But that's the type of rant that could go on for months haha.

Bubbah wrote:

Ironhide/Starscream wrote:I noticed something......look above swoops name in the character sets...it says kickback...INSECTICON PACK TOO?!

Yeah the Insecticons are coming up in the DLC after this one, if I remember right, which I think is in like 2 or 3 weeks.

25 September. Kickback's chassis is the Scientist, Bombshell (calling them by their G1 names as it should be, don't correct me) is most likely a Titan class chassis (considering Hound's chassis, which will be released alongside the Insecticons, is labeled as a Destroyer. My proof is in the multiplayer trailer) and Shrapnel might end up as an Infiltrator or a Scientist (he does have wings on his insectoid mode).

Mindmaster wrote:

Bubbah wrote:

Ironhide/Starscream wrote:I noticed something......look above swoops name in the character sets...it says kickback...INSECTICON PACK TOO?!

Yeah the Insecticons are coming up in the DLC after this one, if I remember right, which I think is in like 2 or 3 weeks.

25 September. Kickback's chassis is the Scientist, Bombshell (calling them by their G1 names as it should be, don't correct me) is most likely a Titan class chassis (considering Hound's chassis, which will be released alongside the Insecticons, is labeled as a Destroyer. My proof is in the multiplayer trailer) and Shrapnel might end up as an Infiltrator or a Scientist (he does have wings on his insectoid mode).

Lol ... No worries, call 'em whatever you like, I've gotten used to using both names by now. I thought I saw somewhere that 2 of the Insecticons were going to be Scientist class. But I wonder if there's any basis as to who will be what class by looking at the unlockable heads. Each class has a bug themed head, just like they have a Dinobot head.