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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:16 pm

The new Transformers: Fall of Cybertron website is now live. The site features pre-order links, trailers, Cybertronian timeline, character profiles, and more. Presently only Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, and Shockwave are availalbe, but new characters will be unlocked in the coming weeks leading up to some big reveals at this year's E3.

Click here to visit the new website.

News Credits: 2 · by **whacko** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:25 pm

They would get SOO many more pre-orders if they gave buyers a free deluxe-size figure as a pre-order bonus.

by **Optimus1116** » Fri May 11, 2012 6:51 pm

Can't wait for other character reveals, and ti seems to take a lot of info from TF:Prime. Although... there are some stuff bugs me:

1) Bumblebee is mute :-(

2) Megatron looks too chubby...

3) They are only putting 6 characters from each faction on the website. My guess is that they'll be:

Autobots: Optimus, Bumblebee, Jazz, Ironhide, Grimlock, Cliffjumper.

Decepticons: Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave, Starscream, Bruticus, Kickback.

News Credits: 1 · by **Wigglez** » Fri May 11, 2012 7:46 pm

They better explain about Bumblebees voice. They say his voice got wrecked because by Megatron. In the prequel of the movie, Megatron also did this to that Bumblebee as well. TF: Prime is getting too much llike how the movies were.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri May 11, 2012 9:22 pm

Time to do some exploring.

- I like that it has all of the game trailers archived and in YouTube form.

- Optimus Prime's bio make reference to his Exodus origins.

- Bumblebee's bio mentions that he lost his ability to speak to Megatron. I am both glad and bugged by this, since it causes all sorts of confusion even though it's accurate to TF: Prime.

- There are four more Autobot bios to be revealed.

- Ooooooooh, Megatron's new body looks niiiice. He's gradually coming to better resemble his TF: Prime design.

- His new tank mode even has forward-spread wings not too dissimilar to how his jet wings are spread in Prime.

- Also, he's also got an Exodus-based bio. Tis a shame that WFC itself wasn't as clear on its characters' backstory info.

- Well, well, well, look at what we have here. Shockwave has two actual hands. Eat that, G1 Shocky.

- Eh, why is "Space Bridge" spelled as one word ("Spacebridge")? Typo?

- Four more Decepticon bios coming soon as well.

- Tis a nice image gallery they got there (though, most images are from articles we've seen before). Five more pics to be revealed in due time.

- That's a nice timeline of events the site has there. it's a nice summary of the pre-war, civil war, post-war, and journey events. I chuckle at how they tease at the possibility of the Ark and Nemesis having gone either straight to Earth or to different parts of the galaxy when anyone who's read the books knows which is obviously the true destination (hint: it ain't Earth).

- Iacon, Kaon, Sea of Rust, and Insecticon Hives: four important locations in the game.

Wigglez wrote:They better explain about Bumblebees voice. They say his voice got wrecked because by Megatron. In the prequel of the movie, Megatron also did this to that Bumblebee as well. TF: Prime is getting too much llike how the movies were.

Read the novels. Exodus covers the loss of his voice.

Plus, they didn't directly take that from the movies. They took it from the Binder, which itself took it from the movies. There was a middleman in between.

News Credits: 3 · by **NatsumeRyu** » Fri May 11, 2012 9:27 pm

I believe the muting of Bumblebee should be in/right after level one. At botcon, for my youtube updates, when I was conversing with folks about FoC, someone mentioned Bumblebee is level one for foc (like dotm?), which i had not heard/seen. And since I KNOW Optimus is level two, that would makes sense - start off with bee, he gets wrecked, optimus helps him out, we switch to optimus.

Website · by **Varia31** » Sat May 12, 2012 2:34 am

NatsumeRyu wrote:I believe the muting of Bumblebee should be in/right after level one. At botcon, for my youtube updates, when I was conversing with folks about FoC, someone mentioned Bumblebee is level one for foc (like dotm?), which i had not heard/seen. And since I KNOW Optimus is level two, that would makes sense - start off with bee, he gets wrecked, optimus helps him out, we switch to optimus.

Good theory. Also very plausible considering how you'll apparently have a smooth transition to switching to other characters. Also, there is a multiplayer section in Game>Features. It says up to 16 players! So that's 8 per team in team based modes. That leads me to assume maps will more than likely be bigger too.

by **Matrix42** » Sat May 12, 2012 10:43 pm

Oh, that website was AWESOME! Definitely pre-ordering! Imagine if they gave us an FOC figure as a pre-order bonus!

News Credits: 1 · by **Wigglez** » Sun May 13, 2012 12:57 am

Still no new news on multiplayer except 8 vs 8. I want to see something

by **AnnaChristine** » Sun May 13, 2012 1:10 pm

The other reveals are -

Jazz
Grimlock
Cliffjumper
Perceptor

Starscream
Bruticus
Soundwave
Vortex

http://transformersgame.com/#!/characte ... otnamehere
http://transformersgame.com/#!/characte ... otnamehere

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:57 am

The official website for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron has been updated with two new character profiles, Cliffjumper and Starscream. Six character profiles remain locked. Click here to visit the site.

Cliffjumper may not be the largest Autobot around, but he doesn't let that get in the way of picking fights with Decepticons. Fearless and brash, Cliffjumjper's favorite weapons happen to be his fists.

The air commander of the Seekers, Starscream is as ambitious as they come. During the early days of the war, Starscream sold the services of the Seekers to Megatron in order to one day usurp his Decepticon master and take command of Cybertron for himself.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:13 pm

Cliffjumper looks like a bamf I tell ya.
And Starscream. He looks....cuddly? :lol:

I mean he looks like the little guy who acts tough but you cant take him seriously because your too busy laughing, wich makes him even angrier.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:15 pm

Yep, that's cliff alright.

by **Gundamu** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:05 pm

BeastProwl wrote:Cliffjumper looks like a bamf I tell ya.
And Starscream. He looks....cuddly? I mean he looks like the little guy who acts tough but you cant take him seriously because your too busy laughing, wich makes him even angrier.

Besides the cuddly part you described Starscream perfectly.

News Credits: 387 · by **Bounti76** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:01 pm

I'm not thrilled with how they gave WFC/FOC Cliffjumper his Prime head. Though it does look slightly redone, it still doesn't fit perfectly with the aesthetic of the rest of his body.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:02 pm

Those character models are sexy. I hope they're the models from the game.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:31 am

360 degrees rotation of their character models!!!! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:25 pm

The official website for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron has added two new character profiles, Jazz and Soundwave. You can get 360 degree views both characters in both modes by clicking here.

Prior to the war, Jazz was a long time friend to Optimus Prime and now serves as one of his top lieutenants. Jazz is one of the fastest, most nimble Autobots and is also known for keeping his cool no matter how bad the situation might seem.

Soundwave is known for being unquestionably loyal to Megatron. Commanding a an armada of Mini-Con Deployers, Soundave can infiltrate and and acquire enemy intel. Soundwave is often not trusted by other Decepticons out of fear he may also spy on them and report back to Megatron.

News Credits: 17 · by **cannonfodder4000** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:03 pm

Wait, is this what they're gonna look like in the game? Jazz looks a bit different from that Cyber Monday pic we recently got, with that weird white head and different codpiece, Soundwave's kinda different too, he's grayer, and are those separate eyes in his visor? or just weird lighting?

by **orangeitis** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:31 pm

I'm hoping we get games where the TFs battle it out and explore several other planets before getting to Earth.

Imagine a whole game taking place on Animatron. :michaelbay:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:17 pm

orangeitis wrote:I'm hoping we get games where the TFs battle it out and explore several other planets before getting to Earth.

Imagine a whole game taking place on Animatron.

Great place to fight the Star Seekers in a three-way battle. :-B

News Credits: 3 · by **Jazz813** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:25 am

After I listened to the newest Podcast from Seibertron.com, it's really true, Optimus Prime and Megatron looks very chubby...it's almost a flashback from the Pat Lee Transformers Comic style...But now the game is almost done, we can't do anything about this anymore. Cliffjumper would be way better if he don't get the Prime face but instead the G1 Cliffjumper face, and would be much cooler if he doesn't got the cloaking but more something, I don't know, more aggressive as ability than cloaking, I mean, in the IDW comics, he's always one of the guys the bigger the gun the better there is.

Yeah indeed that Bumblebee is mute that isn't right there greatest moves, because just that in the bay movies Bumblebee is mute shouldn't be the right to get him mute in this universe, too. :-?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:31 am

Jazz813 wrote:Yeah indeed that Bumblebee is mute that isn't right there greatest moves, because just that in the bay movies Bumblebee is mute shouldn't be the right to get him mute in this universe, too.

He was bound to lose his voice sooner or later, since he's already a mute in Prime.

News Credits: 3 · by **Jazz813** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:38 am

Yeah that's true, too... :-?

But it sucks, if the game developper want that this game is the pre-story from the G1, it doesn't add up then. But what the hell, as I said it already with the design of Optimus Prime and Megatron, it's done now, and the game is almost finished so what the hell.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:53 am

Jazz813 wrote:Yeah that's true, too... But it sucks, if the game developper want that this game is the pre-story from the G1, it doesn't add up then. But what the hell, as I said it already with the design of Optimus Prime and Megatron, it's done now, and the game is almost finished so what the hell.

It's not a "pre-story from the G1". The game developers know good and well that these games take place in the same continuity as Prime and not G1. They're just using G1 as source of influence for homages and such.