A sweet new trailer announcing the release date for Transfomers: Fall of Cyberton has landed at Gamespot.  It looks incredible -- if you're into quick cuts and roboticide. I know, I know, who isn't? I don't even mind the dubstep. This is one of the few videos where the devil's disco is appropraite, because it sounds like robots murdering each other. Check out the 'splosions and stuff. The release date is at conveniently located at the end of the video, as well as this article.

Things have not been going well for Transfomers: Fall of Cybertron.  Sure, it's the sequel to what many believe is one of the greatest Transfomers games ever made.  It had a fantastic debut trialer at last year's VGAs, and it features everyone's favorite Dinobot, Grimlock.  What could go wrong?

Disappointing news today as the official Game Informer issue has reached Co-optimus HQ bearing the bad news about the upcoming Transformers game.  According to their exclusive preview article of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, the game is dropping the three player co-op campaign that was a staple of the previous game in the series.  

For the third year in a row, fans of giant robots who change into cool vehicles will be getting a Transformers-based video game.  Summer 2011 brings the third Transformers film, Dark of the Moon, to theaters, and of course there is the obligatory game tie-in with it.  The past two movie games were horrid and average, respectively, and we are hopeful that the trend at improvement will continue.  What makes us so hopeful?  First of all, the game is being developed by High Moon Studios, who did a bang-up job on War for Cybertron last summer.  You may recall that in addition to a highly regarded online vs. component, online campaign co-op for three robots and a five-player survival mode called Escalation were included.

Transformers games have been a real mixed bag, ranging from the awful 2007 movie tie ins all the way up to the sublime War for Cybertron. When we finished up the campaign in the latter, our thirst for Transformers was unquenched, and so we decided to rent Cybertron Adventures for the Wii.

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Next month, for the first time, you'll be able to "transform and roll out" with a friend.  Transformers: War For Cybertron will feature online drop in/drop out co-op through the entire campaign.  As we approach the game's June 22 release date, more characters and a few exclusives have come to light.

You saw the teaser trailer, you got the release window, now we're giving you the official word on Transformers: The War for Cybertron's co-op mode.  Three player online co-op with drop-in/drop-out support.  Sorry local and split screen fans, there simply isn't enough room on your TV to fit all that metal.

Activision has released a new trailer of their upcoming Transformers action game called War for Cybertron.  Fans of the old Transformers will be pleased with the style of the robots, and fans in general should be happy to hear Peter Cullen's voice narrating the trailer as Optimus Prime. 

I'll admit it right off the bat: I am a serious geek for Transformers.  The latest movie was pretty much terrible, but the game based on it was surprisingly good, though it had no co-op play at all.  A new Transformers game is coming next year, called Transformers: War for Cybertron.  This new game, based on the Transformers home world before they came to Earth, will feature co-op, though the details are sparse right now.

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It's summer, and that means the video games shelves are filling with blockbuster movie tie ins.  The highly anticipated Transformers sequel, Revenge of the Fallen, is coming next month, and the games are due on the 23rd for all modern systems.  Right now, it appears that the Xbox 360 and PS3 version will not have co-op, but that's not true of the Wii/PS2 version.  Unfortunately, Tformers.com had some hands on time with that co-op, and was unimpressed.

As a huge Transformers fan, I had mixed feelings about the game for the first Transformers movie.  Graphically, it was amazing.  The destructible environments, the transformations, the open world aspects, these were all quite enjoyable.  Unfortunately, the gameplay was horrid, extremely repetitive, and a total mess.  I ask you, how can a game about giant robots that transform into cars and tanks turn out so boring?