Early this year Hasbro announced that they were forming a partnership with Jagex Ltd. to make an MMO based on the Transformers franchise. At BotCon earlier this month they finally announced the name of the game along with revealing a teaser trailer, concept art, and screensaver. The official name for this upcoming MMO is Transformers Universe and will release in 2012. Jagex is well known for the free-to-play MMO Runescape and has already set up the website for the game. If you are interested in getting update emails, you can sign up at Transformers Universe.
For those that missed the announcement, here is what they announced at BotCon:
– Hasbro and Jagex have joined forces to develop and publish a TRANSFORMERS MMO.
– The title of the MMO will be TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE.
– TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE will be an action orientated MMO.
– In TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE players will be able to create and play as their own AUTOBOT or DECEPTICON, designing and customizing the character to fit their game play style, combat preferences and appearance.
– After looking at the mechanics, the iconic TRANSFORMERS IP, and the TRANSFORMERS heritage Jagex distilled this into core themes which are present throughout the TRANSFORMERS universe: conflict, teamwork, and social regard (the AUTOBOTS caring for the humans)
– TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE sits within the “Prime” timeline, along with the book Exodus, the War for Cybertron games and the Prime cartoon.
– The game will be released in 2012.
Teaser Trailer and Concept Art:
Autobot Base
Megatron Waterfall
Decepticon Mine
Barricade
Prowl
Decepticon Fighter
Animated Screensaver:
Source: Energon Pub
Part time employee of a major video game retailer.
More than meets the eye XD