By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Activision has put out a press release on the newly announced new Transformers video game title, Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark. The release bills the game as a complement to the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction, as well as a follow-up to War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron.
Some key points from the press release are as follows:
"Over 40 playable characters" will be featured in the game.
The titular "Dark Spark" is an ancient relic as powerful as the Matrix of Leadership. The story is described as an arc between Cybertron and Earth, "jumping worlds as it weaves the tale of the hunt for the ancient relic".
Gameplay is "nimble, fast-paced running-and-gunning combat paired with traversal and vehicle action across open battlefields for large-scale, dynamic conflicts."
Escalation mode with its wave-based, survival-style gameplay with four player co-op returns and there will be recognizable adversaries to fight here.
Single-player and multiplayer will feature one unified, persistent character development path, with experience earned in any part of the game unlocking new options including new characters, weapons and abilities.
The game is coming out on current generation and last generation consoles - Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstation 4 and Playstation 3, as well as the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS. A Windows PC version is also planned.
Click here or read on to view the original release. Also check out the cool new screenshots attached to this story via
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
More Transformers toy goodness coming to you now! Hasbro has sent us official images of the not-cancelled-after-all Kre-O Transformers series. These Age of Extinction Kre-Os are now moving in a different direction to the earlier Kre-O sets and are focusing primarily on Kreons - the build sets, for example, consist of Kreons with buildable Dinobots or smaller bases, with the Lockdown Air Raid set giving us a buildable spacefighter craft that seats a Kreon.
That's not all though as these new official images include a look at the four new Age of Extinction custom Kreons, the four new Age of Extinction combiners, and the fifth wave of Kreon blindbags - which, while advertised in the files as movie sets, are very much still Generation 1 inspired and include Kreon minifigures of the likes of Jetfire, Mindwipe, Punch / Counterpunch, Dead End and Highbrow!
The full listing of what we have for you here is as follows:
Kre-O Build Sets - Cell Block Breakout, Dinobot Hauler, Dinobot Charge, Galvatron Factory Battle, Lockdown Air Raid, Grimlock Street Attack, and Street Chase
Movie series Custom Kreons - Drift, Lockdown, Optimus Prime and Ratchet
Movie series Kreon Combiners - Grimstone (Mollox, Ironeye, Crackback and Iquanox), Lazerbolt (Freezeout, Bullhorn, Floodgate and Roadhound), Obsidian (Freefall, Hemocron, Bullwark and Stronghorn), Volcanicon (Farside, Power Surge, Liftoff and Lugmutt)
"Movie series" Micro Changers - 12 different ones shown, some of whom may be new characters to go with the new Kreon Combiner sets. Known Generation 1 Kreons in the set include Jetfire, Mindwipe, Punch / Counterpunch, Dead End and Highbrow.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Rounding out the official images we have received from Hasbro, we have a look at the Transformers Hero Mashers. It's a series which takes from many eras of Transformers including Drift from Age of Extinction and the Generation 1 Optimus Prime. These non-transformable toys can interchange their parts - or "mash up" - to create unique robot designs!
Two different assortments were listed in the official images we received:
Hero Mashers Figures Assortment - includes Bumblebee, Springer, Starscream and Age of Extinction's Drift
Hero Mashers Battle Upgrade Assortment - includes Optimus Prime, Megatron and Bulkhead
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Next up in our avalanche of Transformers Age of Extinction Merchandise posting, we have a look at the mainline "Robots in Disguise" release for Age of Extinction. We have lots of images for you of these including:
Flip & Change series Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Grimlock and Lockdown
Mega Flip & Change Bumblebee
One Step Changers Bumblebee, Slash, Stinger, Crosshairs, Lockdown, Grimlock, Drift, Hound and Optimus Prime
One Step Changers Electronic Chomp & Stomp Grimlock
Power Battlers Bumblebee, Hound, Crosshairs, Strafe, Optimus Prime, Drift and Scorn
Plus the press release accompanying all of this includes reference to a few other assortments including Dino Sparkers (formerly Joust Sparkers) - pull back and go Dinobots which light up with real sparks as they race toward each other and try to knock off the included rider figures. The assortment will include Optimus Prime with Grimlock, Bumblebeewith Strafe and Drift with Slug.
Lastly the non-transforming Titan assortments are covered. The 12-inch Titan Heroes will include Bumblebee, Drift, Optimus Prime and Lockdown, while the 16-inch Titan Guardians will include Optimus Prime and Grimlock. Both size classes are billed as having five points of articulation per toy.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Hasbro has sent us a huge amount of official images following on from their Toy Fair 2014 presentation so without further to do, we are sharing them with you! First up are the official images of the Age of Extinction Construct Bots Dinobot Riders and Dinobot Warriors Assortments.
The assortments break down as follows:
Dinobot Riders - $5.99 small figures who can ride on the larger Construct Bots Dinobots (sold separately)
Dinobot Riders Wave 1 - Bumblebee, Drift, Lockdown and Optimus Prime
Dinobot Riders Wave 2 - Crosshairs and Hound
Dinobots Wave 1 (not shown, but mentioned in press release, RRP of $9.99) - Grimlock, Strafe and Dinobot Slug
Dinobot Warriors - $19.99 assortment of larger Construct Bots characters with Dinobot sidekicks who can break down to form armor for the main figures.
Dinobot Warriors Wave 1 - Drift & Roughneck, Lockdown & Hangnail, Optimus Prime & Gnaw
Dinobot Warriors Wave 2 - Bumblebee & Nosedive, Hound & Wide Load
Dinofire Grimlock rounds out the assortment. He retails for $39.99, stands 10 inches tall and has light up jaws, firing missiles and a Dinobot Riders scale Optimus Prime figure.
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