Transformers: Legends - Dark Cybertron: Game Episode, IDW Comic, Toy Sale!
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Hasbro, DeNA, and IDW Publishing Deliver the Ultimate Fan Experience for TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS’ Dark Cybertron Episode
San Diego, CA (February 5, 2014) – Hasbro, DeNA and IDW Publishing today announced a collaboration to bring Dark Cybertron to life in a new interactive experience for the action-packed mobile card battle game TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS. Fans that play the TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS in-game episode that starts on February 5 and runs through February 11 will gain free access to a special edition Dark Cybertron comic from IDW Publishing, in addition to exclusive discounts on select TRANSFORMERS action figures from Hasbro featured in the Dark Cybertron story, such as ARMADA STARSCREAM and SKYWARP.
TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS’ Dark Cybertron Episode
Dark Cybertron is the first Team Battle episode in TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS. It combines elements of cooperative and competitive gameplay that players have never experienced before this mobile game. In the Dark Cybertron episode players will join forces with the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS to battle against a powerful and ancient enemy, the NECROTITAN, and fight to unravel the meaning behind mysterious new developments in the battle for CYBERTRON.
The new Dark Cybertron episode is available to play beginning on February 5 by downloading TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Android devices for free at: http://mobage.com/games/TRANSFORMERS-LEGENDS
Free Dark Cybertron Comic Book
As part of the collaboration between DeNA and IDW Publishing, players who take part in this week’s TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS Dark Cybertron episode can also download a special issue of the Dark Cybertron comic book for free via the game. The limited release comic chronicles the latest developments in the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons from the fan-favorite series.
Save on Action Figures
Completing the TRANSFORMERS fan experience, HasbroToyShop.com is offering a 15 percent off discount from Feb. 5-11, 2014 on select TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS action figures featured in the Dark Cybertron storyline: Transformers Generations 30th Anniversary Deluxe Class Autobot Scoop Figure (SKU #A5780), Transformers Generations 30th Anniversary Deluxe Class Mini-Con Assault Team Figure (SKU #A5779), Transformers Generations 30th Anniversary Deluxe Class Skywarp Figure (SKU #A5778) and the Transformers Generations 30th Anniversary Deluxe Class Armada Starscream Figure (SKU #A5777). To purchase the discounted action figures, please visit: www.HasbroToyShop.com/tflegends15
Assets for the TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS Dark Cybertron in-game episode, the Dark Cybertron comic, and images of select TRANSFORMERS action figures on sale can be downloaded via this link: http://moba.ge/DarkCybertron
About DeNA
DeNA (pronounced "D-N-A") is a global leader of developing and operating mobile services including free-to-play games, the Mobage social games platform, e-commerce and other online offerings. Founded in 1999, DeNA is headquartered in Tokyo with offices and game development studios across the globe. DeNA Co., Ltd. is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (2432). For more information, visit: http://www.dena.com
About Hasbro, Inc.
Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is a branded play company dedicated to fulfilling the fundamental need for play for children and families through the creative expression of the Company’s world class brand portfolio, including TRANSFORMERS, MONOPOLY, PLAY-DOH, MY LITTLE PONY, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, NERF and LITTLEST PET SHOP. From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, digital gaming and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its global customers with innovative play and entertainment experiences, in a variety of forms and formats, anytime and anywhere. The Company's Hasbro Studios develops and produces television programming for more than 180 markets around the world, and for the U.S. on Hub Network, part of a multi-platform joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK). Through the company's deep commitment to corporate social responsibility, including philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to build a safe and sustainable world for future generations and to positively impact the lives of millions of children and families every year. It has been recognized for its efforts by being named one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" and is ranked as one of Corporate Responsibility Magazine's "100 Best Corporate Citizens." Learn more at www.hasbro.com.
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Posted by Mindmaster on February 5th, 2014 @ 10:33am CST
Posted by triKlops on February 5th, 2014 @ 10:40am CST
Thanks for the info and coupon!
Posted by wolverinetodd on February 5th, 2014 @ 12:37pm CST
I managed to snag Goldfire, Hoist, and Dreadwing through http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com a couple of weeks ago, but for some reason they failed to list Skids at the same time. And of course, now it's out of stock. So now I'm waiting for Skids to be restocked and hopefully that'll happen about the same time Whirl is added to the "Order Now" category. Or maybe even when Rattrap, Crosscut, Tankor, Arcee, and Chromia are added would be excellent as well. Free shipping is free shipping.
I also recommend ordering the simplified transformation version of Voyager Class Predaking. This dude is huge and lists for the same price as the other Voyagers that are smaller than it is, including its original version of itself. And the wings are better than the original when it comes to posing them behind Predaking in robot mode.
Posted by Va'al on February 5th, 2014 @ 1:04pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:Oh man, I need that Armada Starscream artwork by itself very badly...
That would be Guido Guidi.
Posted by Mindmaster on February 5th, 2014 @ 1:56pm CST
Va'al wrote:Mindmaster wrote:Oh man, I need that Armada Starscream artwork by itself very badly...
That would be Guido Guidi.
Well, great to know who did it...
...but I still want the artowrk of Starscream by himself. No groupshots, no texts, no nuthin'. Just 'Screamer and whatever background fits.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 5th, 2014 @ 6:54pm CST
Even if the background has him standing in the middle of (a still-intact, non-destroyed) Equestria or Bikini Bottom?Mindmaster wrote:...but I still want the artowrk of Starscream by himself. No groupshots, no texts, no nuthin'. Just 'Screamer and whatever background fits.
Posted by Burn on February 5th, 2014 @ 9:29pm CST
Until today when it updated and the stupid SD card error returned.
Posted by That_Guy on February 6th, 2014 @ 7:17am CST
Posted by Marcdachamp on February 7th, 2014 @ 8:30am CST
Posted by El Duque on February 19th, 2014 @ 9:10pm CST
WHEN SPARKS FLY" A BEAST WARS EVENT IS NOW LIVE!
Racing to a volatile crash site in the wilderness, the Maximal Silverbolt is astonished to discover a pod marked only with an “X” at the crater’s epicenter. Still unsure of what the pod contains, the villainous Predacons attack Silverbolt, trying to steel the pod! Leading the charge, Predacons Blackarachnia, Waspinator and Terrorsaur overpower the noble Maximal, but Silverbolt will go down fighting!
Terrorsaur accidentally breaks the pod open during the battle and its contents are let loose—the abomination called Rampage, a mish-mash of scientific monstrosity created to destroy and devour its enemies—and Rampage thinks EVERYONE is his enemy!
The bombastic battle knocks Silverbolt and Blackarachnia into a swamp where they are forced to rely on each other to survive. At first, bitter enemies, Silverbolt’s chivalrous attitude slowly wins over Blackarachnia’s acidic personality. The two survive and rejoin the melee, only to discover that while on opposite sides of the battle line, the two have more in common than either would have dared believe.
The skirmish with Rampage is joined by Depthcharge, a fierce Maximal who recognized the crashed pod for what it was, the prison holding Rampage! Blaming Rampage for the slaughter of dozens of his friends, Depthcharge is out for revenge!
Posted by Noideaforaname on February 19th, 2014 @ 9:19pm CST
Posted by Bumblevivisector on February 19th, 2014 @ 9:22pm CST
Battlebots was on at the same time Fox was airing butchered reruns of Beast Wars, so it makes enough sense.
And hey, Terrorsaur lived until at least Bad Spark in game 'continuity'! Awesome! Here's hoping his card is his Transmetal body.
Posted by El Duque on February 26th, 2014 @ 7:37pm CST
The Terrocons and the Technobots face off for a chance to hold the keys to an unsuspecting Autobot City in "Circuit Breaker!" Starting today: http://moba.ge/TRANSFORMERSLegends
Posted by Bumblevivisector on February 26th, 2014 @ 8:20pm CST
Actually, they'd make for an interesting ultra-rare card, maybe represented by that Optimouse Prime toy...
Posted by RiddlerJ on February 27th, 2014 @ 8:08am CST
If they put a woman in a body suit and have her shoot electricty and call her Buzzkill or something can Hasbro still get sued?
Posted by Black Bumblebee on February 27th, 2014 @ 9:10am CST
Posted by RiddlerJ on February 27th, 2014 @ 9:27am CST
Black Bumblebee wrote:They "have" tried... that's why we have Spike in Re-Generation dressed up as "Circuit Smasher"
Yeah, but that's basically the character of Spike in a new outfit. I'm talking about doing Circuit Breaker again but just tweaking her enough to avoid litigation.
Sort of like a Jetfire->Skyfire deal. Can Disney still come after them?
Posted by Sabrblade on February 27th, 2014 @ 10:04am CST
After all, Circuit Smasher if pretty much "Circuit Breaker as a dude", but his differing gender, name, identity, etc. makes him okay to use. If he were a woman, however, that might be pushing it unless she was given a more unique face and hairstyle to make her different enough from Circuit Breaker.
After all, the Club gave us a Shattered Glass analogue to Circuit Breaker a few years ago, but her costumed name was "Emulator" and her powers were an inverse of Circuit Breaker's, being to absorb energy into her suit rather than generating energy from within, which she would then release in form of attacks copied from the abilities granted to the SG Autobots by their power chip rectifiers (in other words, she takes their powers and uses them in copied form). Her look was also different but still vaguely similar enough to recognize her:
Posted by El Duque on March 6th, 2014 @ 12:41am CST
The war between Autobots and Decepticons has ravaged the ground and burned the skies! Now it plunges into the dark and deadly depths of the oceans!
The war between Autobots and Decepticons has ravaged the ground and burned the skies! Now it plunges into the dark and deadly depths of the oceans!
A massive storm forces the evacuation of several oil platforms off the coast. Waverider and Seaspray are on hand to aid the humans above the ocean. With chaos spreading on the ocean’s surface, the real danger lies beneath as Nautilator and the Seacons make their way towards the abundant supplies of oil.
Seaspray realized the Decepticons are likely to use the cover of the storm to get at the rigs, and is about to investigate when, like a shark shooting towards its unsuspecting prey, the Seacons breach the surface of the ocean and attack him! With the raging weather above them and the Seaconsbeneath, the Autobots are cut off and unable to call for reinforcements. Will Waverider and Seaspray weather the storm above and below the ocean? Find out in TRANSFORMERS Legends: DEADLY DEPTHS!
Posted by El Duque on March 12th, 2014 @ 5:50pm CDT
Megatron seeks a quick victory as the Decepticons breach the Autobot city of Iacon. The invasion seems to be leading to total domination until Metroplex, a city-sized behemoth, emerges from beneath the surface to defend Iacon or die trying.
Assault on Iacon starts today: http://moba.ge/TRANSFORMERSLegends
Posted by Umbra on March 12th, 2014 @ 8:04pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on March 12th, 2014 @ 9:30pm CDT
Posted by Umbra on March 12th, 2014 @ 9:31pm CDT
megatronus wrote:Is there a place where they collect all the art for these events? They are more often than not awesome looking, and I want copies.
I know of http://www.flickr.com/photos/114535786@ ... 313/page3/ for a card art gallery
Posted by rpetras on March 13th, 2014 @ 8:43am CDT
Umbra wrote:megatronus wrote:Is there a place where they collect all the art for these events? They are more often than not awesome looking, and I want copies.
I know of http://www.flickr.com/photos/114535786@ ... 313/page3/ for a card art gallery
Hey, thanks for that! I love the card art for these guys!
Posted by El Duque on March 20th, 2014 @ 1:39pm CDT
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Posted by Bumblevivisector on March 27th, 2014 @ 7:34pm CDT
Not enough that I think they could wring a decent event out of Prime Target though.
(I love Dave's work, of course; I'm just surprised that this story got referenced in the game before much of his mythology-defining stuff)
Posted by El Duque on April 3rd, 2014 @ 10:24pm CDT
Every few years, the Galactic Games are held as a friendly competition between friends and allies of the Autobots, but the Quintessons have sent a spy. Will the Autobots discover who is behind the sabotage? Find out in TRANSFORMERS Legends, "The Galactic Games", starting today: http://moba.ge/TRANSFORMERSLegends
Posted by Sabrblade on April 3rd, 2014 @ 11:33pm CDT
Posted by griftimus prime on April 4th, 2014 @ 3:00am CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on April 4th, 2014 @ 8:25pm CDT
The funny part is, given the volume of AKOM errors tarnishing that epic, it's not too big a stretch to pretend these three characters were actually there, but misdrawn or omitted by mistake. Could the red guy who looks like Lightspeed extended into a Station Wagon be...SG Drift?!?
Posted by Burn on April 4th, 2014 @ 8:52pm CDT
And with the release of CSR Classics on Android, well ... Legends can go bye bye in favour of a game where even if you spend money, you actually get something that benefits you more than a week before it's made redundant.
Goodbye TF Legends, I played you from the beginning, but your desire for my wallet just doesn't cut it.
Posted by El Duque on April 17th, 2014 @ 8:57am CDT
Will newly revived Galvatron succeed in becoming the leader of the Decepticons once again? Find out in the "Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2" episode in TRANSFORMERS Legends: http://moba.ge/TRANSFORMERSLegends
Posted by Bumblevivisector on April 17th, 2014 @ 1:17pm CDT
So wait, the previous event actually does count as FFOD Part 1, even though it was called "THE GALACTIC GAMES"?
Three somewhat random character choices for the ep; Runamuck didn't even debut until Chaos. Hope there's more, because 'Plasma-Bath Galvatron' and 'Galvatron Destroying Thrull' would be awesome rare cards.
Posted by BumbleDouche on April 17th, 2014 @ 10:59pm CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote:HEH-HEH, HEH-HEH!
So wait, the previous event actually does count as FFOD Part 1, even though it was called "THE GALACTIC GAMES"?
Three somewhat random character choices for the ep; Runamuck didn't even debut until Chaos. Hope there's more, because 'Plasma-Bath Galvatron' and 'Galvatron Destroying Thrull' would be awesome rare cards.
You're mistaken, there was a Five Faces of Darkness Part I last week... It had the slightly more nonsensical combination of Sludge, Slug, Cliffjumper and Outback versus Tantrum and Thundercracker, following the kidnapping of Kup, Magnus and Spike by a "Skuxxoid."
Posted by Bumblevivisector on April 18th, 2014 @ 7:59am CDT
Ah, thanks! Despite my interest in WTF they're thinking with the premise, I don't have a device or spare cash to play these, so I never really look into it beyond this thread.MegaDump wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote:HEH-HEH, HEH-HEH!
So wait, the previous event actually does count as FFOD Part 1, even though it was called "THE GALACTIC GAMES"?
Three somewhat random character choices for the ep; Runamuck didn't even debut until Chaos. Hope there's more, because 'Plasma-Bath Galvatron' and 'Galvatron Destroying Thrull' would be awesome rare cards.
You're mistaken, there was a Five Faces of Darkness Part I last week... It had the slightly more nonsensical combination of Sludge, Slug, Cliffjumper and Outback versus Tantrum and Thundercracker, following the kidnapping of Kup, Magnus and Spike by a "Skuxxoid."
Posted by El Duque on April 23rd, 2014 @ 11:37pm CDT
Victory is near certain for the Decepticons, but the Quintessons plan to activate an ancient device that would deactivate Transformers all over the galaxy. Find out who will prevail in the TRANSFORMERS Legends "Five Faces of Darkness Part 3" episode starting today: http://moba.ge/TRANSFORMERSLegends
Posted by El Duque on May 1st, 2014 @ 11:14pm CDT
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Posted by Venowtron on May 1st, 2014 @ 11:41pm CDT
Posted by RiddlerJ on May 2nd, 2014 @ 8:02am CDT
Venowtron wrote:*insert obvious Godzilla joke*
Seriously, though. With Godzilla coming to theaters, this would've been the perfect time to put out a new Trypticon figure.
Posted by El Duque on May 8th, 2014 @ 7:32am CDT
The Autobot fears are confirmed when they find out their largest Decepticon detention center is being held captive by Dreadwind, Tailwind and the Air Strike Patrol. See if "The Wreckers" elite task force are able to complete their mission in this week's TRANSFORMERS Legends episode. Play now!
Posted by El Duque on May 14th, 2014 @ 2:24pm CDT
The Autobots respond to a distress signal, but it's actually a trap set by the Decepticons! Find out what happens next in this week's TRANSFORMERS: Legends episode, "False Alarm". http://moba.ge/TRANSFORMERSLegends
Posted by Bumblevivisector on May 14th, 2014 @ 3:15pm CDT
Posted by Burn on May 14th, 2014 @ 3:17pm CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote:Emphasis on Hot Spot and Skullcruncher?!? Wow, they based an episode around the toys I got for my eighth birthday! 'Scuse me, I've gotta' go search my house for bugs...
Oh they'll be watching you through the camera on your mobile device ...
Posted by Tresob on May 14th, 2014 @ 4:43pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 14th, 2014 @ 8:55pm CDT
Not necessarily. This game uses designs no matter how old. It's used the ROTF Bludgeon toy from 2009 for G1 Bludgeon, and the Timelines Shattered Glass Alpha Trion toy from 2007 as G1 Alpha Trion.Tresob wrote:A little after the fact to use the TRU exclusive Hotspot design though...unless maybe your local Ross is only just getting them in.
Posted by El Duque on May 21st, 2014 @ 7:18pm CDT
A space beast is headed for Earth, attacking San Diego! Can the Autobots trap the creature, rescue the city and defeat the Constructicons before devastation comes to the harbor? Find out in this week's TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS episode "The Secret of Omega Supreme." http://moba.ge/TRANSFORMERSLegends
Posted by El Duque on May 29th, 2014 @ 2:44pm CDT
Flamewar and her squad of Decepticons have begun to attack Autobot bases. In response, Elita One sends Chromia, Moonracer, and their team of Autobots to stop Flamewar and her forces before they can do too much damage. See how it ends in this week's "FATAL FURIES: Flamewar's Revenge" episode of TRANSFORMERS Legends: http://moba.ge/TRANSFORMERSLegends.
Posted by El Duque on June 5th, 2014 @ 3:39pm CDT
Soundwave, determined to obtain the secrets of Gravitronic Energy, sets a trap to delay the Autobot forces. Will the Decepticons be able to hold off the Autobot duo long enough for Soundwave to finish his evil task? Find out what happens in the BOX TRAP episode of TRANSFORMERS Legends starting today! http://moba.ge/TRANSFORMERSLegends