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Transformers

The Transformers is a Japanese video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 based on the original Transformers series. It was developed by Winkysoft and published by Atlus on October 30, 2003. After choosing a side…

30 October 2003

Transformers is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Winkysoft, released 30 October 2003 on PlayStation 2.

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What Transformers is

Transformers is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Winkysoft and released in 2003. It was published by Atlus. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the year 2010, Shockwave, who has grown disgruntled with Galvatron's abusive leadership, discovers the Zel Quartz on Zel Samine. Realizing that it is a power source even greater than the Heart of Cybertron, Shockwave implants the Quartz into himself. He stages a one-robot coup and becomes the leader of the Decepticons...until the surging power load fries his systems and he malfunctions, running amok. He destroys much of both the Autobot and Decepticon armies and eventually destroys Cybertron itself before setting out to raze many innocent planets. Unable to stop Shockwave in the present, Rodimus Prime allies with the Quintessons to send an elite cadre back in time to destroy the Quartz…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Transformers series

Transformers is the 11th of 50 entries we hold in the Transformers series. It arrived 4 years after Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals. The next entry was DreamMix TV World Fighters in 2003.

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What it launched against

Transformers launched on 30 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

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When did Transformers come out?
Transformers was released on 30 October 2003 for PlayStation 2.

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