Seiberton have a press release from Activision regarding the War for Cybertron Dinobot download pack.

Now that fans have experienced the epic single-player campaigns and multiplayer modes of TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON, we wanted to let you know that the team at High Moon Studios listened to fans and have been hard at work on exciting downloadable content to support the growing Fall of Cybertron community.

We are thrilled to announce that the legendary DINOBOTS will be playable in online multiplayer modes with the "Dinobot Destructor Pack," set to launch next week for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

The DLC pack will include the following characters, which includes their full body + individual body parts for use in the multiplayer character creator.

• GRIMLOCK (T-rex)
• SLUG (Triceratops)
• SNARL (Stegosaurus)
• SWOOP (Pteranodon)

The TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON "Dinobot Destructor Pack" will launch on September 11th. For more information, fans can visit http://www.facebook.com/TransformersGame or http://www.TransformersGame.com.

The second set of Downloadable Content is due for the game Transformers: War for Cybetron over the next two days  (7th September in North America, 8th September in the UK).

Update:

This pack includes five new maps for multiplayer, as well as two new characters for Escalation mode - Dead End and Zeta Prime.

IGN.com is reporting that Activision /High Moon Studios will be releasing the downladable content for Transformers War For Cybertron on the 27th July.  The DLC will cost $10 on the PS3 and 800 points on the XBox.  The DLC will be many of the previously "pre-order exclusive" skins as well as some new maps.  Here is a quote from the article.

"As detailed in the original leak (by the Xbox Live Marketplace) of the DLC release here, the New Map and Character Pack DLC includes new characters Scattershot and Onslaught, as well as Shockwave, Jazz, and Demolishor, who were originally exclusive to pre-order customers at particular retail locations. The DLC also contains two new multiplayer maps, and also doubles the number of maps for the Horde-like Escalation mode to four".
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Thanks Mr Neurie for sending in the following update to the UK stock of Transformers War For Cybertron.

"Been trying to get War For Cybertron at retail today and found you can't find it at Game, Gamestation, HMV or at a large supermarket? Well according to the manager at the local Gamestation there's a reason and it's not that it's sold out.

Apparantly activision only sent out enough stock to cover preorders and nothing for the rest of people who waned to get the product. The only store I could find with copiesfor sale was Smyths who had 2 copies of the game for each of the systems. The manger of Gamestation also said they were not expecting any more stock either.

Good luck finding it at retail."

We received our copy of the game yesterday from Play.com and a word of warning for those who have bought it and are yet to play it, at least on the PS3, it will be a good 20-30 minutes from inserting the disc until you can actually get to the main menu due to the update that is instantly required and the 5GB install.

We received our copy of Transformers War For Cybertron today from Play.com (though without and unlock codes sadly).  Have you received your copy of the game yet? What do you think? 

Use this news story and message board thread to discuss your first thoughts and share your gamer IDs so you can play multi-player with fellow members / visitors

­­­­­Hasbro's PR c omp­any has releases Official Product Images for the 3rd wave of Transformers Ge­nerations. The figures consist o­f Cybertronian ­Megatron (War for Cybertron) and Cybertronian Soundwave (War for Cybertron) , ­Red Alert and ­Darkmount (based on Straxus)

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The Transformers War For Cybertron Comic that was report back on the 22nd May as available as a pre-order bonus in Australia for those ordering the game via JB Hi-Fi now appears to have become an exclusive for two chains within the United States.  Both Sears and Kmart have updated their pre-order pages saying that pre-order with them will also receive a comic. No word on a UK store that has signed up for this deal yet though Argos have released KMart exclusives in the past.

Sorry for the lack of news over the last 24 hours or so, I had problems with my bank accounts which I needed to get sorted and it took longer than I had hoped.  Anyway, here is a round-up of the Transformers War For Cybertron news that broke over the last 12 hours.

First up, ­TFW2005.com have posted an sneak peak of the game after a visit to High Moon Studios.

Next up, the official Transformers War for Cybertron website has been updated with information and bios on two new characters, Silverbolt and Brawl.

Finally, G4tv.com has posted a video which acts as a walk-through of the first level with High Moon game director Matt Tieger talking about various gameplay mechanics as well as the storyline. You can view that video along with a multiplayer one below.

Gamespot has added more trailers for the upcoming Transformers War for Cybertron game. The first is a Multiplayer Character Demo­

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This video shows off 4 Character Classes: Soldier, Scout, Scientist and Leader. Also, we are treated with a brief look at the Character Customization Screen, sh­owing-off the Cybertronian Weapon Systems, which the player must equip. To top it all up, a sneak peek of the Character Special Abilities and Repaints.

The bit of news is that

Starting today, Transformers fans can pre-order the game on Amazon.com to receive an exclusive code used to unlock DEMOLISHOR.

Additionally, fans can pre-order the game at GameStop to receive an exclusive code used to unlock SHOCKWAVE.

Our thanks go to S250 who has posted some images of the upcoming Transformers War For Cybertron Optimus Prime figure.  You­ can view the mirrored images below.

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Kotaku has posted up an article describing a first hand, hands on look at Transformers War for Cybertron for the Nintendo DS.

The War for Cybertron goes portable in this title developed by Vicarious Visions, and includes a "partner" system where players can select two characters and are encouraged to switch between them to progress through the game.

The screen shots show images of Jetfire and Grimlock appearing on this version of the game.

As promised the first in-game trailer for the upcoming Transformers: War For Cybertron video game has now been released.  You can view the trailer below.­

Credit to Game Trailers­ for the video