On the last day of BotCon 2012 the Activision Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and JAGEX Transformers: Universe MMO panels were held. Unfortunately the battery in the camera I was using died before the JAGEX panel, but I managed to get a few images from the Activision panel. There wasn't a lot of
new information revealed, but here's a quick run down.
The Activision panel, which consisted of Aaron Archer, Matt Tieger, and a few other Activision employees, actually started off with a brief presentation of the
Transformers: Prime game they are developing for the Nintendo platforms.
- They're hoping for a holiday release date
- Brawler style game play
- All the voice actors from the show are on board
- Based largely on the events of seasons one and some of two
- A trailer of cut scenes was show, but no actual game play
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron- They feel it surpasses it's predecessor in everyway
- 18 upgradeable weapons
- Cliffjumper(voiced by Nolan North) and Jazz have "buddy" vibe, they wanted to explore Cliffjumper's history due to his role in Transformers Prime
- They feel they nailed Grimlock's appearance (Matt really, really likes Grimlock!)
- Looked to the comics to establish the connection between the Dinobots and Shockwave
- The Generations Fall of Cybertron toys have been a joint collaboration between HMS and Hasbro with the figures designed in-step with the game models
- Multiplayer Customization - Unprecedented ability to craft your own Trasformer
- Head, torso, upper/lower arms and legs, wings, etc are all customizable
- Transformation will look natural no matter what design you choose
- Still no plans for a PC version
Transformers: Universe MMOPanel consist of Aaron Archer, Eddy Dew, Steve Huckle, and Kerry Vero.
- Free to play on any browser with Java, should look and play like a console game
- Based in the Transformers Prime continuity, but independent of the show
- Third person POV, with some camera adjustment
- There will be multiple character classes to revealed later with 5 classes available at the launch
- Probably no class changing, though you can create multiple characters of varying classes
- Trailer was shown, but did not feature game play
- No beast modes or flight modes will be available for the launch, though they hope to add flight modes soon
- Character appearance will change with modes and upgrades
- Possible Beta version by the end of the year
- Humans are in the game, but only as part of the environment
