For those of you that remember watching the original Transforners on TV (party like its 1985 baby!!) the movies were good in part because they go some of the original cast in the cartoon to do the voiceovers. With that success, you knew that a couple of movie tie-in games would be release. Although not genre changing, they were good for what they were.

Now, Activision has announced yet another Transformers game, but this time with a twist: it is set on Cybertron (something I've hoped to see for a while. This opens up new creative outlets as teh story of what happened back on Cybertron (ir before the Transformers got to Earth) has largely remained open to interpretation and not detailed.

That's right: the game details the civil war (so to speak) that happened on Cybertron and allows the player to choose the two different story arcs (that of the Decepticons or Autobots). In development for all major platforms, done right the game could be a hit.

"Transformers: War for Cybertron is an origins story, taking players on a gripping, adrenaline-fuelled journey that precedes the Transformers characters' arrival on Earth," said Rob Kostich, head of marketing, licensed products, Activision Publishing, Inc. "The game transports players to a living, metallic planet where they will battle as giant converting robots."

Hasbro is working with Activision to drive the Transformers fiction forward into new story arcs.

"This remarkable video game helps us to tell a critical event in Transformers lore that will be used as canon for future storylines in a way we could have only dreamed of a few years ago," said Aaron Archer, Senior Design Director, Hasbro. "It is a testament to the success of the Transformers brand and a key element to the story we look forward to telling in 2010 and beyond."

source: VideoGamer