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This is a list of video games based on the Transformers television series and movies, or featuring any of the characters.

Transformers games have been released for the Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64, Family Computer, Family Computer Disk System, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2, Mobile, iOS, Android, webOS, BlackBerry OS, and Virtual Console. Hasbro sold the digital gaming rights various properties, including My Little Pony, Magic: The Gathering, Tonka, Playskool, and The Transformers, to Infogrames for $100 million USD in 2000, and then it bought back the rights for $65 million USD in June 2005.[1]

Titles

Title Details

Original release dates:
1985
Release years by system:
1985 - Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64
Notes:

Original release dates:
1986
Release years by system:
1986 - Commodore 64
Notes:

Original release dates:
  • JP: December 5, 1986
Release years by system:
1986 - Famicom
2008 - Virtual Console
Notes:
  • Japan-exclusive game
  • Developed by ISCO, published by Takara

Original release dates:
  • JP: August 28, 1987
Release years by system:
1987 - Famicom Disk System
Notes:
  • Japan-exclusive game
  • Produced by Takara

Original release dates:
  • JP: October 30, 2003
Release years by system:
2003 - PlayStation 2
Notes:
  • Japan-exclusive game
  • Developed by Winkysoft, published by Takara

Original release dates:
November 12, 2008
Release years by system:
2008 - Mobile phone
2010 - iOS
Notes:

Original release dates:
October 6, 2015
Release years by system:
2015 - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Title Details

Original release dates:
  • NA: December 5, 1997
Release years by system:
1997 - PlayStation
1998 - PC, Mac
Notes:

Original release dates:
  • JP: April 2, 1999
Release years by system:
1999 - Game Boy Color
Notes:
  • Japan-exclusive game
  • Produced by Takara

Original release dates:
  • JP: October 1, 1999
  • NA: July 12, 2000
Release years by system:
1999 - PlayStation, Nintendo 64
Notes:
  • PlayStation version by WAVEDGE, N64 version by Takara and Locomotive; published by Takara in Japan, BAM! Entertainment in North America

Games based on the Unicron Trilogy

Title Details

Original release dates:
  • PAL: May 7, 2004
  • NA: May 11, 2004
Release years by system:
2004 - PlayStation 2
Notes:

Games based on the film series

Title Details

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 19, 2007 (PSP)
  • NA: June 26, 2007 (Consoles)
  • EU: July 20, 2007
Release years by system:
2007 - PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows, Wii
Notes:
Transformers Autobots
Transformers Decepticons

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 19, 2007
Release years by system:
2007 - Nintendo DS
Notes:
Transformers: The Game

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 2007
Release years by system:
2007 - Mobile phone
Notes:
  • Sidescrolling platform game adaptation of Transformers, by Glu Mobile[2]
  • Due to the fractured handset market in 2007 (before the dominance of smartphone OSs), the game required Glu to produce 20,000 individual versions for specific matchings of handsets and languages.[3]

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 23, 2009[4]
  • AU: June 24, 2009
  • EU: June 26, 2009
Release years by system:
2009 - Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360
Notes:
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 23, 2009
Release years by system:
2009 - Nintendo DS
Notes:
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 2009
Release years by system:
2009 - Mobile phone
Notes:
  • Sidescrolling platform game adaptation of Revenge of the Fallen, by Glu Mobile[8]

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 14, 2011
  • AU: June 29, 2011
  • EU: June 24, 2011
Release years by system:
2011 - PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Notes:
Transformers Dark of the Moon: Autobots
Transformers Dark of the Moon: Decepticons

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 14, 2011
  • AU: June 29, 2011
  • EU: June 24, 2011
Release years by system:
2011 - Nintendo DS
Notes:
  • Transformers Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons serves as a prequel to the film, with both versions following the same plot.
  • Developed by Behaviour Interactive, published by Activision
Transformers Dark of the Moon: Stealth Force Edition

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 14, 2011
  • AU: June 29, 2011
  • EU: June 24, 2011
Release years by system:
2011 - Nintendo 3DS and Wii
Notes:
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 14, 2011
  • AU: June 29, 2011
  • EU: June 24, 2011
Release years by system:
2011 - iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)
Notes:
  • Strategy-based platform game adaptation of Dark of the Moon, by Electronic Arts
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 14, 2011
  • AU: June 29, 2011
  • EU: June 24, 2011
Release years by system:
2011 - Mobile phone
Notes:
  • Side-scrolling platform game adaptation of Dark of the Moon, by Electronic Arts

Original release date:
Release years by system:
2013 - Arcade
Notes:

Games based on Transformers: Animated

Title Details

Original release dates:
  • NA: October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21)
  • EU: October 24, 2008 (2008-10-24)
  • AU: November 26, 2008 (2008-11-26)
[11]
Release years by system:
2008 - Nintendo DS
Notes:
  • Developed by A2M, published by Activision

Games based on Transformers: Prime

Title Details

Original release dates:
  • NA: October 30, 2012 (2012-10-30)
Release years by system:
2012 - Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U
Notes:
  • Developed by Nowpro, published by Activision

Proposed release date:
2013
Proposed system release:
2014 - Microsoft Windows
Notes:

Game shut down January 31, 2015.

War for Cybertron series

Title Details

Original release dates:
  • NA: June 22, 2010
  • EU: June 25, 2010
[11]
Release years by system:
2010 - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Notes:

Original release dates:
Release years by system:
2010 - Wii
Notes:

Original release dates:
Release years by system:
2010 - Nintendo DS
Notes:
  • Separate games focusing on each faction
  • Developed by Vicarious Visions, published by Activision

Original release dates:
  • NA: August 21, 2012
  • EU: August 24, 2012
Release years by system:
2012 - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4
Notes:

Original release date:
  • NA: June 24, 2014
Release years by system:
2014 - Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Notes:

Other games

Title Details
Transformers

Cancellation date:
1995
Proposed system release:
Notes:

This game was originally planned to be released for the SNES and utilize the Super FX chip. In 1994 Takara announced that this version was cancelled, and that the game would be released in 1995 for the Nintendo 64 (then intended for a 1995 launch), either the Sega 32X or Sega Saturn, and possibly the PlayStation.[14]


Original release dates:
  • JP: December 18, 2003
Release years by system:
2003 - GameCube, PlayStation 2
Notes:

Cancellation date:
2020
Proposed system release:

Original release date:
  • WW: April 5, 2017
Release years by system:
2017 - iOS, Android
Notes:
  • Fighting game featuring Generation 1, Beast Wars and live-action movie series characters.
  • Developed and published by Kabam
Transformers: Battlegrounds

Proposed release date:
October 23, 2020
Proposed system release:
2020 - Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Notes:
  • Developed by Coatsink, published by Outright Games

References

  1. ^ "HASBRO REACQUIRES DIGITAL GAMING RIGHTS FROM INFOGRAMES FOR $65 MILLION Archived September 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine", Hasbro press release, 9 June 2005.
  2. ^ Transformers: The Game
  3. ^ http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/105768/Develop_UK_Conference_Day_1_Delves_Into_Mobile.php
  4. ^ "IGN: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Overview". IGN. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  5. ^ a b "TransFormers: Revenge of the Fallen Boxart and Fact Sheets - PS3 and Xbox 360". kombo.com. 2009-05-06. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  6. ^ "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Fact Sheet - PS2 and Wii". IGN. 2009-05-06. Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  7. ^ "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Fact Sheet - PSP". IGN. 2009-05-06. Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  8. ^ Transformers: The Game
  9. ^ "Transformers Human Alliance Teased in First Trailer". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  10. ^ "Angry Birds Transformers and Sega Transformers coin-op info leaked". Metro. 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  11. ^ a b Harris, Craig (2008-07-23). "Transformers Animated Preview". IGN. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  12. ^ a b Sinclair, Brendan (2010-04-08). "War for Cybertron erupts June 22". GameSpot. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  13. ^ a b Woodstock, Sven (2010-06-23). "War for Cybertron". Sony. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  14. ^ "At the Deadline". GamePro. No. 60. IDG. July 1994. p. 172.