Transformers game confirmed

By Tom Bramwell Published 14 February, 2006

Film one described as 'the first'.

Hasbro has officially confirmed what Activision told its investors last week: Activision's got the rights to make a Transformers game to tie in with the live action movie due out on July 4th 2007.

However Hasbro's announcement sheds a bit more light. The publisher's entitled to make games on consoles, handheld and PC, says Hasbro, everywhere in the world except for Japan.

What's more, this is just the beginning. The film game, due out around the time of the film which Michael Bay is currently off ruining somewhere, is described as "the first". If Activision keeps up the standard shown by Atari's Melbourne House team on the last Transformers game for PS2, hopefully we'll see quite a few. A developer's yet to be announced.

Unfortunately, there's plenty of info around on the DreamWorks/Paramount film. Bay's working from a screenplay written by the people making Mission Impossible 3 (oh good), and others on the credit-sheet include the "minds" behind The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Doom. There are others, but those are the ones we're focusing on.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Darkedge #1 6 years ago

    and knowing Micheal "i've never made a bad film" Bay the film will be full of product placement and have a plot that is totally given away in the trailer.

    Transformers - brought to you by the people who gave you Office 2007, Windows XP and other classics.

  • space_ace #2 6 years ago

    bay's output transformed from "terrible" to "passable" since he left bruckheimer. \o/

  • jlaakso #3 6 years ago

    I really need to get myself a PS2 to go with the Transformers game I bought quite some time ago.

    A live-action Transformers movie sounds like a very bad idea. I mean, remember He-Man?

  • Genji #4 6 years ago

    Hey... I could've sworn I posted a comment to this already.
    /is going insane

    Anyway. I loved The Island which, coincidentally, was also his biggest commercial flop.

    And didn't he do The Rock, too? Or was that Bruckheimer?

  • Gyruss #5 6 years ago

    Michael Bay directed The Rock, Bruckheimer produced it. (I also throught The Island was pretty good).

  • Genji #6 6 years ago

    So there you go. Two awesome movies, beacons of light against Pearl Harbor.

  • Ceatlan #7 6 years ago

    Genji.

    I saw the comment you posted earlier, so I think we may be both going insane.

    You mentioned both 'The Rock' and 'The Island' as being 2 Michael Bay films you liked.
    Edited by 1 at 14/02/06 @ 12:03

  • Genji #8 6 years ago

    I might've been quoting another poster who said a rude word. That's the only explanation I can think of.

  • StixxUK #9 6 years ago

    I thought rude words were OK around here...

  • Triggerhappytel #10 6 years ago

    "bay's output transformed from "terrible" to "passable" since he left bruckheimer. \o/"

    I disagree. Bad Boys and The Rock were the best films of Bay's career to date. I think the Bruckheimer problem is that there is no more Don Simpson, and consequently every film he has produced since has been shit.

    Anyway, all that is irrelevant, because Michael Bay is shit too.

    "A live-action Transformers movie sounds like a very bad idea. I mean, remember He-Man?"

    I was under the impression this was a CGI movie, like Toy Story or Shrek...?

  • kangarootoo #11 6 years ago

    I heard that the team that did the dancing transforming car adverts are the same as those doing the FX for this film. If thats true, at least the robots will look nice.

    Kangarootoo, finding a silver lining whatever the weather.

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  • jlaakso #12 6 years ago

    "I was under the impression this was a CGI movie, like Toy Story or Shrek...?"

    http://imdb.com/titl e/tt0418279/ cites it as live-action.
    Edited by 1 at 14/02/06 @ 14:23

  • IP #13 6 years ago

    The film's live action, with CGI Transformers. It's also apparently going to feature Arcee, because she can "bond" with the human child that will be in the awful storyline. Why they don't just get Simon Furman to write the thing, based on his current scripts for IDW, I don't know.

  • Daryoon #14 6 years ago

    Arcee's been scrapped.

    Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave, Shockwave, Starscream, and Jazz will be among the ten Transformers featured in the film. Arcee, who was originally announced to be among the ten, has since been announced to be removed, for 'story purposes'.

  • Redeye #15 6 years ago

    Hey, I just want big stompy robots beating teh snot out of each other. And regardless of the film, if this means I get a half-decent TF game or two out of it, it's all good.

    But yeah, it's Activision...who should not be letting anyone responsible for Fantastic 4 anywhere near this...

  • #16 6 years ago

    Am I the only one here pitching a tent at the prospect of seeing live action/CGI Transformers? Even if it's a bad movie. That's like some kind of platonic porn...

  • groundbeef #17 6 years ago

    "Transformers - brought to you by the people who gave you Office 2007, Windows XP and other classics."

    Lol... if i see one single pentium chip "inside" optimus, or see his eyes light up complete with the windows startup sound, i will freakin JIHAD those guys!