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Bring on the Transformers reboot!

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Ricky Church looks forward to the Transformers reboot… Transformers is one of the oldest pop culture franchises and a beloved one for an entire generation. Michael Bay’s films based off the 80s cartoon is much less revered, however. Some of the films have their moments, but they never rise above either an entertaining turn-you-brain-off flick […]

Paramount and Hasbro to reboot Transformers after Bumblebee movie, Transformers 6 pulled from slate

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Back in 2015, Paramount and Hasbro recruited a star studded writers room to plot out the future of the Transformers movie franchise, resulting in last year’s Transformers: The Last Knight – Michael Bay’s fifth instalment – as well as the upcoming spinoff Bumblebee: The Movie, directed by Travis Knight, and up to 14 other potential […]

Optimus Primal featured on new poster for Transformers: Power of the Primes animated series

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Machinima and Hasbro have released a new poster for the final chapter in The Prime Wars Trilogy, Transformers: Power of the Primes, featuring Beast Wars’ Optimus Primal, who is voiced by Ron Perlman; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Mark Hamill joins Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy “After Megatronus eliminates Optimus Prime and claims the Matrix […]

Autobot Hound joins Transformers: Forged to Fight

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Kabam has announced that Autobot Hound has become the latest addition to the roster of the mobile game Transformers: Forged to Fight. Check out his bio, gameplay trailer, and special moves and abilities below… Autobot Hound has a mean bark and a nastier bite. This brave warrior will back his teammates no matter how grim […]

Sharkticon Week underway in Transformers: Forged to Fight

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The award-winning mobile fighting game Transformers: Forged to Fight from Kabam is continuing to move forward in 2018 as the company revealed an all-new in-game event Sharkticon Week. Players can now collect all six Sharkticon classes in the Sharkticon Arenas, special daily log-in calendar and the Alliance event from Feb. 1-8. These classes include Brawlers, […]

IDW’s Transformers vs. G.I. Joe gets the deluxe treatment

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IDW Publishing has announced that Tom Scioli’s acclaimed Transformers vs. G.I. Joe series is now available in a deluxe hardcover ‘Quintessential Collection’. Collecting all 13 issues of the maxi-series along with the debut #0 issue appearing on Free Comic Book Day 2015, plus the bonkers Transformers vs. G.I. Joe The Movie Adaptation, this hardcover collection has […]

Comic Book Review – Optimus Prime #15

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Ricky Church reviews Optimus Prime #15… The big threat IDW has been building up in Optimus Prime and Transformers: Till All Are One has arrived as Onyx Prime comes to Cybertron with an apparently captured Liege Maximo in tow. Two of the biggest threats they’ve faced in the last year showing up at the same time is not a […]

Mark Hamill and Ron Perlman join Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy

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Hasbro and Machinma have announced that Mark Hamill (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy) have joined the cast of the Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy animated series. Hamill made his debut as Megatronus in the season finale of Transformers: Titans Return. One of the Thirteen Original Primes, Megatronus was exiled from Cybertron after murdering […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers vs Visionaries #1

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers vs Visionaries #1… After the events of First Strike, Hasbro and IDW have brought together the Transformers and Visionaries franchises together for the first time. A part of Cybertron has been transformed into the homeworld of the Visionaries thanks to the wizard Merklynn, draining much of Cybertron’s valuable energon in an already tumultuous political landscape. The […]

Optimus Primal joins Transformers: Forged to Fight

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To kick off the beginning of an all-new year, Kabam has revealed that as of today, players can now add the fan-favorite Optimus Primal to their team in Transformers: Forged to Fight. The Maximal starship Axalon, commanded by Optimus Primal was pulled into a Transwarp Portal while in pursuit of a Predacon warship. Stranded on […]