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Deadpool game coming from High Moon Studios
Normally we refrain from running countdown sites, but this one is unusually informative: deadpoolgame.com is counting down to the official unveiling of a Deadpool game, developed by High Moon Studios for Activision. A splatter of street art on the side of an Amazing Spider-Man poster at San Diego Comic-Con teases the game and website, as seen above.The countdown elapses just after today's Marvel Video Games panel at San Diego Comic-Con, so we expect to hear the first details – and plenty of hilarious one-liners from everyone's favorite psychotic superhero assassin guy – there.We're now wondering if High Moon's Hit Monkey game is also happening, or if that was a decoy.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in.]
Teaser site reveals High Moon-developed 'Hit Monkey'
A teaser site for a game by the name Hit Monkey surfaced recently, and listed High Moon Studios, Marvel, and Activision on the project set to launch in 2013.The Hit-Monkey series of comics from Marvel, the obvious source material for the game, dates back to 2010. "Bullets will fly, killers will die...and a soulful simian will, for the first time, don his trademark suit and tie," the description of the first comic reads.Using advanced powers of deduction, we think Hit Monkey might be the game Activision and High Moon Studios plan to announce at the Marvel Video Games panel at San Diego Comic Con. Maybe.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron falling sooner than expected
Much like a Transformer itself, the launch date for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron has turned into something else entirely. Specifically, the planned launch of August 28 has transformed into August 21, a full week earlier. Activision has also released a new trailer featuring Metroplex, the gigantic Transformer who (we're assuming) turns into a fully functional movie theater.
Activision and High Moon announcing Marvel project at SDCC
Activision and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron developer High Moon Studios are making an announcement at the "Marvel Video Games" panel during San Diego Comic-Con, the con's schedule builder reveals. It doesn't mention if Activision and High Moon's announcement is a game, DLC or a Broadway show, but it "is sure to be a hit," according to the panel description. We hope that's a hint, and not just something that people think is still all right to say.Gazillion will discuss its Marvel Heroes MMO, and Ubisoft will showcase Avengers: Battle for Earth (not to be confused with the battle for Middle-earth that's also about to break out) at the Marvel Video Games panel.
Autobots roll out (sometimes) in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Developer High Moon Studios showed it had a lot of love for the Transformers franchise with War for Cybertron, but sullied its goodwill with fans when a rushed Dark of the Moon movie tie-in hit store shelves. Now the studio's returning to Hasbro's toy line once again, leaving behind the Michael Bay-inspired setting of the films.Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, on the surface, seems like a return to High Moon's true love: telling its own stories about giant, talking transforming robots. Separating itself from the films, Fall of Cybertron leaves High Moon free to geek out about Autobot and Decepticon history, wrapping it all up in Gears of War-style third-person shooter gameplay. And as High Moon said about the first game way back when, the emphasis here is supposed to be on freedom, and the unique ability to play as a robot or vehicle, switching whenever you want.But for all of High Moon's enthusiasm about transforming, the demo on display at E3 was less-than-flattering to the series and its promise of complete freedom.%Gallery-156599%
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron also rolling out on PC
By their very nature, Transformers are adept at changing forms and adapting to new situations. So, it should come as no surprise to anyone that the Autobot's forthcoming adventure on Cybertron should so effortlessly transmogrify itself from a console title to a PC game.Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will launch on PCs on August 28, 2012, concurrent with the game's console release on PS3 and 360. Keep in mind, this is the PC release of a Transformers game, and not the release of a PC Transformer, like we had originally inferred. Alas, the day when we'll be able to go on thrilling adventures with a wise-cracking anthropomorphized laptop is still somewhere over the horizon.
Grimlock transforms, bites and smashes in latest Fall of Cybertron trailer
All some people need to know about High Moon Studios' Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, available August 28, is that it features the king of the Dinobots doing what he does best. And, by "some people," we mean us. Grimlock, smash!
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron devs explain how gameplay has transformed
Driving up hot on the heels of yesterday's Transformers: Fall of Cybertron release date announcement (August 28) is a new trailer and a behind-the-scenes clip.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron rolls out August 28
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will bring the dramatis robotae of the doomed planet to retailers on August 28.The official date comes from the latest trailer posted on Gamespot, which not only features an Inception horn, but a serving of dubstep -- only Kanye West's "Power" is missing for the perfect trailer trifecta.Fall of Cybertron is currently in development at High Moon Studios, the team behind the well-received Transformers: War for Cybertron, with some upgrades.%Gallery-148256%
The beautiful death of a planet in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
As much as I'd like to feel sorry for the decimation of Cybertron, home of my childhood heroes, developer High Moon studios left me craving even more destruction with Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.Transformers: Fall of Cybertron takes place during the final hours of a civil war that eventually destroys the planet. The Decepticons have won, driving the Autobots to seek a new home somewhere amongst the stars. As Optimus Prime and his Autobot buddies race to find a way off the planet, Megatron and his dastardly Decepticons seek to rid the universe of all Autobot life. They're big old meanies like that.%Gallery-148256%
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron rolls out in the fall of 2012
If you prick an Autobot, does it not leak Energon? If you stare longingly into Bumblebee's eyes, is it not kinda weird a bit? If a Dinobot roars, do you not run for your life, screaming and crying and probably peeing your pants a little all at the same time? Yeah, we thought so. Based on the VGA 2011 teaser above, it looks like Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will have all of those things. And Devastator.
The first Transformers: Fall of Cybertron trailer is dark, whompy
If Cybertron is truly as foggy and dismal as the first video for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron makes it seem, we think that maybe it's a good thing that whole junk pile is going down. But we do love those transforming sounds -- whomp whomp whomp whirrwhomp -- so maybe it'll be worth saving.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron coming from High Moon, has a transforming dino
Do we need to say anything else? Maybe we weren't clear enough in the headline -- transforming dinosaur. Okay, okay, it's Grimlock, and apparently he's taking dinosaur form in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, the next project from Transformers: War for Cybertron devs High Moon Studios. Game Informer unveiled the title and concept shots for the long-ago teased game via its latest cover reveal, which features both Optimus Prime and the aforementioned Grimlock on a metallic battlefield. Few details are given other than the game's title and development house, though GI's site plans to blow out more as the weeks go on, and the magazine will have more details when it arrives later this month. We're gonna go all the way crazy and assume the game will arrive on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 at the very least, though no platforms were given in the announcement. What was in the announcement, though? An incredible mechanical dinosaur. Update: Activision added a few more details in its own press release, which confirmed the game as an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title and said it's set to launch in fall 2012. Try and look surprised!
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Review: No More Than Meets the Eye
One year ago, our own Justin McElroy called High Moon Studios' Transformers: War for Cybertron "a crystal clear, easy-to-follow example of how to do a licensed game." Maybe the example wasn't so easy to follow. When you play the movie tie-in, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the surprise isn't that it feels rushed and incomplete. The surprise is that High Moon made this one, too. Most of the features that made War for Cybertron a standout are gone. Gone is co-operative play. Gone are several multiplayer modes, including Escalation. In their place are three standard multiplayer gametypes (deathmatch, team deathmatch, and conquest), and a campaign so short that it feels like it was based on an episode of the cartoon show rather than a movie. %Gallery-122764%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon multiplayer trailer runs and guns
Looks like the surprisingly exciting multiplayer component from War for Cybertron is back for another round of automotive mech-slaughter. Check out the latest trailer for Transformers: Dark of the Moon below to see the game's competitive combat unfold by land, by air and ... by robot.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon screens are exactly what meets the eye
Activision has rolled out some new screens for Transformers: Dark of the Moon, as well as box art for all platforms. It looks like the DS version is getting the Pokemon treatment, as it will come in both Autobot and Decepticon flavors; meanwhile, the 3DS and Wii versions have gained the subtitle Stealth Force Edition. The box art for both also includes an icon that reads "Vehicle Combat Game," implying that the 3DS and Wii versions may have significantly different gameplay. Check out the screens and box art in the gallery bellow. %Gallery-122764%
Transformers: Dark of the Moon preview: Preliminary prequel prologue
High Moon Studios received a lot of attention for Transformers: War for Cybertron, not only for its avoidance of the Michael Bay "reboot," but because it was actually a pretty good game. Sadly, Transformers: Dark of the Moon isn't a sequel to that game -- it's a licensed prequel to Bay's upcoming third Transformers movie. %Gallery-118722%
Transformers: War for Cybertron 2 confirmed for 2012
Transformers: War for Cybertron was surprisingly ... well, good. In fact, it was so good that there are plans for a follow-up. "This is the most highly-rated, critical success of any game that's had the Hasbro brand yet," Mark Blecher, SVP and General Manager of Digital Media & Gaming, said during an investors call earlier this week, according to IGN. "We're looking forward to a sequel in 2012." The 2012 date makes it likely to be a different game than the previously-teased release for 2011. Considering Activision's penchant for annualized franchises, we're not particularly surprised. [Thanks, Shockwave!]
Transformers: War for Cybertron offers double XP this weekend
Transformers: War for Cybertron developer High Moon Studios is offering two distinct ways to accrue extra experience through the game this weekend. The first is by doubling all XP players earn in the game's multiplayer component from tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET until Monday at 3 a.m. ET.
Transformers: War for Cybertron DLC rolls out next week
If you lamented the limited availability of the retailer-exclusive Transformers: War for Cybertron characters, or if you simply want more War for Cybertron, you'll soon be able to solve both problems, using only the power of a small amount of money. Next week's Map and Character Pack will include former pre-order bonus characters Shockwave, Demolishor, and Jazz, as well as new characters Scattershot and Onslaught, playable in Escalation mode, and with playable chassis in multiplayer. The pack will also come with four new maps: District and Forsaken for Escalation mode, and Havok and Fortress for multiplayer.%Gallery-98009%
