Transformers: Earth Wars Mobile Game - Official Launch Release and Trailer
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TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS Now Available on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android Devices
Players Must Align with the Autobots or Decepticons to Determine Earth’s Fate
in New Real-Time Combat Strategy Game from Hasbro, Backflip Studios and Space Ape Games
BOULDER, Colo. – June 2, 2016 – Hasbro Inc., Backflip Studios and Space Ape Games today released TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS, a new real-time combat strategy mobile game featuring the most iconic characters in the Transformers universe. Published by Backflip Studios (DragonVale, SpellFall, Paper Toss) and developed by Space Ape Games (Rival Kingdoms, Samurai Siege), TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS breaks new ground for the genre, pairing authentic Transformers storytelling with fast-paced gameplay, beautiful 3D animation and hundreds of characters with diverse strengths and abilities. The game is available now for free download on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on Google Play for Android devices.
“The Transformers franchise is one of the most iconic in the world, so it is exciting to include these characters in such a compelling mobile gaming experience,” said Julian Farrior, CEO of Backflip Studios. “We are thrilled to partner with Hasbro and Space Ape Games to launch TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS and think that Transformers fans are going to love teaming up with their favorite Autobots or Decepticons in these highly engaging mobile battles.”
Inspired by Hasbro’s “Transformers Generations Prime Wars Trilogy,” TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS players must choose to fight with Optimus Prime and the Autobots or Megatron and the Decepticons in a battle to decide the fate of planet Earth. Once allegiance has been sworn, gamers assemble a powerful team of playable characters, raid enemy bases for Energon stockpiles, and construct the Space Bridge to add reinforcements from Cybertron, all while playing in real-time against other players around the globe.
The game also features notable storytellers and voice actors from the Transformers franchise, including dialogue written by comic legend Simon Furman and voice acting from Peter Cullen, the original voice of Optimus Prime, and Frank Welker, the original voice of Megatron.
"TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS offers players an engaging storyline and incredible gameplay experience,” said Mark Blecher, Senior Vice President, Digital Gaming and Corporate Development at Hasbro. “The game harnesses the unique strengths and abilities of hundreds of characters from Transformers lore, which really helps it to stand above existing real-time combat strategy games and delivers on the Transformers promise of More than Meets the Eye.”
“With TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS, our team was dedicated to making a high quality, hand crafted experience that fans of both mobile games and Transformers will enjoy,” said John Earner, CEO of Space Ape Games. “We’re really excited about the finished product and can’t wait to help grow and support the community around this game.”
TRANSFORMERS: EARTH WARS is FREE to download andwill feature in-game purchases, and is available worldwide excluding Japan and China on Android and iOS. Please note that a WiFi connection is required to play.
About Backflip Studios
Backflip Studios develops and publishes absurdly fun mobile games for iOS and Android devices. The company's portfolio of top ranked games, which include hit franchises such as DragonVale, Paper Toss, NinJump, Spellfall, PlunderNauts, and Army of Darkness Defense, have been downloaded over 400 million times. The company is based in Boulder, Colorado. Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) has a majority ownership stake in Backflip Studios.
About Space Ape Games
Founded in 2012, Space Ape Games is a mobile games studio based in Central London made up of games veterans and key people behind the biggest gaming companies and the biggest social games on the web. Space Ape's hit strategy games Rival Kingdoms and Samurai Siege, available on iOS and Android devices, are played by more than 20 million players worldwide. Space Ape Games won the 2015 TIGA Award for Best Independent Studio and for Game of the Year for Rival Kingdoms, plus the 2014 Develop Award for Best New Studio and the 2015 Develop Award for Best Independent Studio For more information, visit http://www.spaceapegames.com.
About Hasbro
Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a global company committed to Creating the World's Best Play Experiences, by leveraging its beloved brands, including LITTLEST PET SHOP, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, MONOPOLY, MY LITTLE PONY, NERF, PLAY-DOH and TRANSFORMERS, and premier partner brands. From toys and games, television programming, motion pictures, digital gaming and lifestyle licensing, Hasbro fulfills the fundamental need for play and connection with children and families around the world. The Company's Hasbro Studios and its film label, ALLSPARK PICTURES, create entertainment brand-driven storytelling across mediums, including television, film, digital and more. Through the company's commitment to corporate social responsibility, including philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to build a safe and sustainable world and to positively impact the lives of millions of children and families. Learn more at http://www.hasbro.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Hasbro & @HasbroNews) and Instagram (@Hasbro).
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Posted by Va'al on June 2nd, 2016 @ 10:11am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 2nd, 2016 @ 10:15am CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 2nd, 2016 @ 10:22am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Optimus holding his Energon Axe in-hand rather than it materializing from his wrist makes it now essentially function like a Rescue Bots Energize tool.
But the dissolve/retraction is so cool!
Posted by Va'al on June 2nd, 2016 @ 11:21am CDT
This also collects the previously shown galleries for Autobots and Decepticons, and the exclusive characters. Check them all out below, and join the Seibertron alliances by installing the game!
Posted by Kyleor on June 2nd, 2016 @ 11:26am CDT
carytheone wrote:Besides neither one of those bots are anything to write home about and you'll be tossing dupe bots aside after a short while.Dr Va'al wrote:Kyleor wrote:FYI: Supposedly to get your pre-registration reward character you have to use the link sent to you via email, which just dumps you into the regular app store for your device to download the regular version of the game. But your reward character doesn't show up. Supposedly they're 'working on it'. Not a good start to the game if the devs can't deliver on their pre-registration offer.
It is also launch day, so some things are bound to have bumps in them. Give them a day or so?
Jump in, join one of the Seibertron alliances; Uncle Seibs needs you!
The full game has been available for a few days at least, it's just now in the US app stores. My issue is that it's a bad looking start to not make good on offers right out of the gate. I'll be rejoining the Seibertron alliance once I get enough along again in the full game.
Strangely you can still play the Beta too, even though the full game is out.
Posted by Burn on June 2nd, 2016 @ 3:54pm CDT
carytheone wrote:The real way to be like Cary is to keep your hands clean and let others do the fighting while monologuing in 3rd person.
*strokes beard, sips coffee*
So Cary is a coward that hides behind others. Gotcha!
Posted by Iron Prime on June 2nd, 2016 @ 4:00pm CDT
Posted by Burn on June 2nd, 2016 @ 4:03pm CDT
Iron Prime wrote:I filed a ticket about not getting the preregistration bot and they gifted it to me in about 10 minutes.
Despite them screwing around with a lot of things during the beta, I really can't fault their technical support.
Posted by PeterPrime on June 2nd, 2016 @ 4:30pm CDT
Dr Va'al wrote:PeterPrime wrote:It says the game does not support my device, I do not understand...
What phone/tablet are you using?
Ipad mini
Posted by Kurona on June 2nd, 2016 @ 7:54pm CDT
Posted by no-one on June 2nd, 2016 @ 8:35pm CDT
Hahaha, I'm not but I've noticed that Ironhide and Ratchet do the same thing with the hood sticking out of their chest.Kurona wrote:Has anyone else playing the Decepticon version noticed a weird - albeit very minor - graphical glitch with Blast Off? When he's walking around the base, the jet on his back is completely extended out. Like, the tailfin's hanging off him and everything; and the cockpit is left as if untransformed on the toy. It fixes itself once he transforms to jet mode and transforms out of it, but it's still odd lol.
Posted by Burn on June 2nd, 2016 @ 8:44pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Has anyone else playing the Decepticon version noticed a weird - albeit very minor - graphical glitch with Blast Off? When he's walking around the base, the jet on his back is completely extended out. Like, the tailfin's hanging off him and everything; and the cockpit is left as if untransformed on the toy. It fixes itself once he transforms to jet mode and transforms out of it, but it's still odd lol.
That happens now and then. I've caught Thundercracker walking around half transformed with his wings already rotated down ready for flight.
The latest one is Long Haul, he just doesn't display at all so he's a little black triangle on the battlefield.
What's your in-game name Kurona and are you interested in joining the 'Con Seibertron Alliance?
Posted by Questworld12 on June 2nd, 2016 @ 11:34pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 3rd, 2016 @ 1:55am CDT
PeterPrime wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:PeterPrime wrote:It says the game does not support my device, I do not understand...
What phone/tablet are you using?
Ipad mini
What version and what OS?
Posted by King Kuuga on June 3rd, 2016 @ 4:21am CDT
mattwhite924 wrote:Is it just me or does that look like it was heavily based on Mastermind Creation's Bovis?
Colors are different, but there's a lot of details that seem way too close to be a coincidence.
It's not just you. I commented on it pretty much as soon as he came out but nobody acknowledged it, to my annoyance. So thank you.
So I've got the full game, now I'm wondering if there's any way to port over my data from the Beta or if I have to do that full grind again. Some parts I don't mind but it's a bit uphill at the start. If I could at least turn off hints....
Posted by Kurona on June 3rd, 2016 @ 6:17am CDT
Burn wrote:Kurona wrote:Has anyone else playing the Decepticon version noticed a weird - albeit very minor - graphical glitch with Blast Off? When he's walking around the base, the jet on his back is completely extended out. Like, the tailfin's hanging off him and everything; and the cockpit is left as if untransformed on the toy. It fixes itself once he transforms to jet mode and transforms out of it, but it's still odd lol.
That happens now and then. I've caught Thundercracker walking around half transformed with his wings already rotated down ready for flight.
The latest one is Long Haul, he just doesn't display at all so he's a little black triangle on the battlefield.
What's your in-game name Kurona and are you interested in joining the 'Con Seibertron Alliance?
KuronaChan
I could but I don't quite know anything about it
Posted by PeterPrime on June 3rd, 2016 @ 6:43am CDT
Dr Va'al wrote:PeterPrime wrote:Dr Va'al wrote:PeterPrime wrote:It says the game does not support my device, I do not understand...
What phone/tablet are you using?
Ipad mini
What version and what OS?
Os 9, not too sure what version, I think I got it about 2012
Posted by no-one on June 3rd, 2016 @ 12:56pm CDT
If you're not playing Transformers: Earth Wars yet, you can download this free to play Transformers real time strategy game here. Still need convincing, then check out our launch gallery.
Got some strategies of your own? Hit the jump and share them in the discussion below.
Once you get in and settled, search for "Seibertron" and join either our Autobot or Deception alliance. We'll see you in game.
Keep your browsers pointed to Seibertron.com for the latest in Transformer news, the largest Transformers galleries found on the web and the liveliest Transformers discussion this side of a space bridge
Posted by shauyaun on June 3rd, 2016 @ 2:29pm CDT
If not you should make one and move with less than like 200 medals there.
Pleas I want to join you guys
Thanks
(Or mybe you have one and this was a waist of your time in that case Sorry )
Posted by shauyaun on June 3rd, 2016 @ 2:32pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Has anyone else playing the Decepticon version noticed a weird - albeit very minor - graphical glitch with Blast Off? When he's walking around the base, the jet on his back is completely extended out. Like, the tailfin's hanging off him and everything; and the cockpit is left as if untransformed on the toy. It fixes itself once he transforms to jet mode and transforms out of it, but it's still odd lol.
Yah I think it's funny
But yah I have it too
Posted by Burn on June 3rd, 2016 @ 5:12pm CDT
That's a good idea about starting up a second one though. I'll see how things are after the weekend as I'm going to push people to sign up and join in here.
Posted by Burn on June 3rd, 2016 @ 6:41pm CDT
Posted by shauyaun on June 4th, 2016 @ 9:58am CDT
Burn wrote:I've changed the Alliance setting from open to requiring approval. This will help ensure you guys get to join our Alliance. Like I said, post your in-game names so I know it's you. You might have to keep checking back daily as I free up some slots.
My name is "Shauyaun" I always choose "shauyaun"(well most of the time any way)
Posted by Questworld12 on June 4th, 2016 @ 8:38pm CDT
Burn wrote:I've changed the Alliance setting from open to requiring approval. This will help ensure you guys get to join our Alliance. Like I said, post your in-game names so I know it's you. You might have to keep checking back daily as I free up some slots.
My in-game name is MXAGhost. I'll send a request later tonight when I have some time.
Posted by Cobotron on June 5th, 2016 @ 11:35am CDT
Does it just protect the user while attacking a target, or does it extend out to others around them too?
Posted by no-one on June 5th, 2016 @ 11:40am CDT
A little bit of both. It blocks the path and protects anyone inside.Cobotron wrote:Has anyone figured out exactly what the shield special ability does, or how best to use it? I have Jumpstream, who has that ability. I'm sure some other characters have it too.
Does it just protect the user while attacking a target, or does it extend out to others around them too?
It will absorb any weapon that hits it. I'll need to check but the shield bearer may still take a % of damage.
This is how I use the ability: I send her in to block attacks and start attacking the weapon. Sometimes I can use the shield to block multiple weapons at once and/or protect anyone behind her.
My Jumpstream is a little weak so I usually wait until I've already attacked the weapon so she can destroy it. More often than not I'm using it to just buy time.
She is in my D team and it helps to have a little bit of protection for those weaker bots.
EDIT: it only blocks 80% of damage but I've found in use it does stop the projectile and other bots won't get hit unless it's an area of affect type weapon.
It also pulls agro, which means all nearby weapons with target Jumpstream. A good way to distract weapons from attacking other bots or even better, some that are about to fall.
Posted by Burn on June 5th, 2016 @ 4:24pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on June 5th, 2016 @ 4:37pm CDT
Posted by no-one on June 5th, 2016 @ 5:24pm CDT
I wonder if there is an Autobot that has the same skill. I've seen a few abilities that do not have a counterpart.Burn wrote:There's also the reflective shield which reflects attacks back at the attacker.
Kickback has those glass grenades (or what ever they are called) and so far I have yet to find a 'bot with that skill.
Mirage has EMP cluster missiles, which I didn't see a 100% same ability on the 'con side - Kickback is close but not the same.
I think it's kinda fun to give each side some unique stuff. Makes picking one over the other more than just personal preference. I have heard from the devs that they want to allow you to have one of each team per account. That would be fun and I'd love to take myself on
I never got that far when I had a 'con team, but I'll give some generic advice. Attack rival player and level up your team. Don't forget to level up their abilities as well, that can make a huge difference for some of them. Getting a few bots up to ability lvl 3 doesn't take a whole lot of resources - lvl 4 is a pretty major hit.Kurona wrote:Anyone else having trouble with the last stage of the Decepticon campaign Power Play? No clue how to deal with Ironhide and the Beam Laser.
Posted by Kurona on June 5th, 2016 @ 6:11pm CDT
carytheone wrote:I wonder if there is an Autobot that has the same skill. I've seen a few abilities that do not have a counterpart.Burn wrote:There's also the reflective shield which reflects attacks back at the attacker.
Kickback has those glass grenades (or what ever they are called) and so far I have yet to find a 'bot with that skill.
Mirage has EMP cluster missiles, which I didn't see a 100% same ability on the 'con side - Kickback is close but not the same.
I think it's kinda fun to give each side some unique stuff. Makes picking one over the other more than just personal preference. I have heard from the devs that they want to allow you to have one of each team per account. That would be fun and I'd love to take myself onI never got that far when I had a 'con team, but I'll give some generic advice. Attack rival player and level up your team. Don't forget to level up their abilities as well, that can make a huge difference for some of them. Getting a few bots up to ability lvl 3 doesn't take a whole lot of resources - lvl 4 is a pretty major hit.Kurona wrote:Anyone else having trouble with the last stage of the Decepticon campaign Power Play? No clue how to deal with Ironhide and the Beam Laser.
Where do you get the sparks to level up abilities though? So far I've only gotten sparks from getting a duplicate Tantrum on the space bridge.
Posted by no-one on June 5th, 2016 @ 6:20pm CDT
There are three ways to get sparks that I'm aware of.Kurona wrote:Where do you get the sparks to level up abilities though? So far I've only gotten sparks from getting a duplicate Tantrum on the space bridge.
1. random reward for the free crystals
2. dupe bots generate sparks and 2 or 3 star shards
3. winning alliance wars
There is a forth way, some of the daily bundles for purchase have sparks included.
Posted by Burn on June 5th, 2016 @ 7:14pm CDT
carytheone wrote:I'd love to take myself on
I have no doubt you do that quite often at night...or other times of the day
Posted by no-one on June 5th, 2016 @ 7:22pm CDT
No matter the outcome I always winBurn wrote:carytheone wrote:I'd love to take myself on
I have no doubt you do that quite often at night...or other times of the day
Posted by Galcyon on June 5th, 2016 @ 10:59pm CDT
Posted by King Kuuga on June 6th, 2016 @ 12:16am CDT
Posted by scalan15 on June 7th, 2016 @ 2:01am CDT
Posted by King Kuuga on June 7th, 2016 @ 4:15pm CDT
Also, I kind of already knew this from the beta, but having the full game really cements that Slipstream's ability sucks. On paper, spread damage to surrounding buildings if the targeted building is destroyed within 15 seconds sounds good. But in practice, the buildings you usually want your seekers to target are more than 15 seconds away from destruction by your ground-based bots, but pose imminent risk. Mortars and beam lasers mostly. Right now I only have room for 4 bots in my team, so only 1 seeker makes the cut, and slipstream is far from my first pick.
Posted by Burn on June 7th, 2016 @ 6:36pm CDT
When it works, it works REALLY well.
Cary and I have discussed this and you're on the right track, you need Starscream, Blast Off, Brawl or Breakdown. All four can attack over a distance. But they also need to be strong enough to destroy a building in one go. If they can't, you'll have to use Kickback as well with his glass ability to soften things up.
Sounds like a lot of attacks to be using up? They add up to cost about the same as an orbital strike from Mixmaster or Jazz, and I think Slipstreams bomb may even do damage in a wider area.
Posted by King Kuuga on June 8th, 2016 @ 2:21am CDT
Burn wrote:See, you've already identified the problem with Slipstream, you need that secondary bot to trigger the mass destruction.
When it works, it works REALLY well.
Cary and I have discussed this and you're on the right track, you need Starscream, Blast Off, Brawl or Breakdown. All four can attack over a distance. But they also need to be strong enough to destroy a building in one go. If they can't, you'll have to use Kickback as well with his glass ability to soften things up.
Sounds like a lot of attacks to be using up? They add up to cost about the same as an orbital strike from Mixmaster or Jazz, and I think Slipstreams bomb may even do damage in a wider area.
I never got far enough in the beta to unlock anybody with orbital strike so that doesn't mean a lot to me. But I'll keep it in mind. I'm not great at strategizing. I can't seem to build a defensive base to save my life, even with my experience from the beta. I'm not good at making the most use of characters' abilities. But I'll keep that tip in mind. Even when I unlocked six character slots, I still used Thundercracker or even Blast Off as my second seeker most often than Slipstream because I couldn't get her ability to work for me. My problem is also that the damage spread when it DOES work doesn't seem to be too much, but maybe that will change as I level her ability up.
Posted by MemphisR56 on June 8th, 2016 @ 3:57am CDT
Posted by Sigma Magnus on June 8th, 2016 @ 11:04am CDT
Posted by Iron Prime on June 8th, 2016 @ 11:10am CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:It appears that we'll be getting the rest of the Dinobots soon!
WOO!
Posted by Ultra Magnus on June 9th, 2016 @ 1:14pm CDT
Now all we gotta do is get these Combiner teams combining, then we'll be cooking with gas!
Posted by BDizz76 on June 10th, 2016 @ 6:30pm CDT
Posted by King Kuuga on June 11th, 2016 @ 4:12am CDT
Also, Burn has kicked some inactive users out of the league. Maybe it's not my place to say this but if you're active and want to join, we could use you.
Posted by Burn on June 11th, 2016 @ 6:01am CDT
BDizz76 wrote:Has any received Soundwave yet?
I have a 2* Soundwave. Deploying the minions can be a handy thing as they can draw fire.
But until he gets to a higher level, he's pretty weak.
Posted by Insidious on June 11th, 2016 @ 6:50am CDT
Posted by no-one on June 11th, 2016 @ 8:07am CDT
You're pretty likely to get these guys via normal play. Prowl is part of my A team, but he drops real easy and is usually the first to go.
Deployer talk time.
I never had Soundwave but I do have Blaster. I'm going to assume they are the same. My Blaster is a 2 star and is OK and part of my A team only because I've had him the longest. He's always the first to get subbed out though.
On offense he has high HP/defense so he can take a beating. As Burn said the minions are a good distraction and do add extra fire power. The nice thing is they stay out until they die and can be aimed at a specific target. They can also be re-deployed if they die if you have the points to spend.
I'd suggest waiting until all the big bad weapons have been dealt with before deploying them. They die super fast.
They can be super awesome on defense. Again the high HP keeps the Deployer alive and I've seen the minions run the attackers in circles. And by attackers I mean my squad. I didn't put Blaster on defense until I had a third outpost though. I found the leader and warrior class to be better defenders. Optimus can be a battle winner.
Posted by King Kuuga on June 11th, 2016 @ 10:41am CDT
Posted by Kleinomyte on June 13th, 2016 @ 4:52pm CDT
I have been waiting for this game to release for a long time now and I am enjoying it thus far. I am hoping for lots of added content in the future. My best squad right now consists of 2 star megatron, 3 star soundwave, 3 star mixmaster, 3 star hook, 2 star skywarp, and 2 star brawl or swindle. Gotta love those gunners!
If any new players are looking for tips, the best one I have heard so far is this: Instead of attacking in your recommended zone and trying to win, just focus on attacking the hardest bases you can and work on taking out the resources that you need rather than worrying about trying to win.
Nice to meet you all and I hope to see you in game!