In the 2007 Transformers film universe, the Prequel comic book states that before the Cybertronian Civil War over control of the All Spark, Optimus Prime and Megatron shared power, with Optimus Prime seemingly the political leader of the Cybertronians, and Megatron filling the role of the Lord Protector, the executor of Cybertronian law and order.

Unlike many of the other Transformers ( who were given World War II vehicle alternate modes ) Megatron would keep his basic Walther P-38 handgun transformation, which was indeed a WWII German handgun.

Transformers: War For Cybertron was released in June 2010 for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo DS.

Transformers: Cybertron Adventures was released alongside War For Cybertron for the Wii and utilizes the same characters and setting.

A sequel to War for Cybertron titled, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, was released in 2012.

* In The Transformers episode " The Key to Vector Sigma ", Optimus Prime assists in the creation of the Aerialbots who, in the later episode " War Dawn ", are sent back through time, thus activating their vital role, and ensuring Optimus Prime's existence into the future.

In the initial Transformers: The War Within series, the Constructicons were responsible for activating Cybertron's planetary engines, under the command of Megatron eight million years ago.

Set long before the Transformers arrived on earth, they possess Cybertronian modes very similar to the designs used in the War Within series.

In the U. S. comics, Starscream went on from his rebirth as a Pretender to join up with Shockwave in instigating the Decepticon Civil War, and was transported to Cybertron along with all the other Transformers in preparation for the battle against Unicron.

Starscream appears in the video game Transformers: War for Cybertron.

The video games Transformers: War for Cybertron and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron give a backstory to the Autobots days on Cybertron.

In Transformers: War for Cybertron, when he reaches the core of Cybertron, Optimus Prime is given a portion of the core's spark in the form of the Matrix of Leadership.

The Guide, first published in 2004, drew on both the Marvel comic continuity and the then recent depictions of Cybertron and Iacon from the Dreamwave Transformers: The War Within comic book series.

In Transformers: War for Cybertron, Cybertron is an Energon lacking planet with many buildings and bridges destroyed.

The video game War for Cybertron was released in 2010 and is said to be set in the same universe as the upcoming Transformers: Prime cartoon.

In the 2010 video game Transformers: War for Cybertron, the Omega Key also resembles the key to Vector Sigma.

The book also features an image of Primus as a transformed, robot-mode Cybertron ( originally drawn by Don Figueroa for Dreamwave Productions ' War Within comic book series ), which received such positive reaction that the idea of a transforming Primus / Cybertron eventually made it into toy form for the Transformers: Cybertron toyline.

In the Transformers: Prime universe, Primus does not appear physically ( though one could argue that the planet Cybertron and Primus are one and the same ), though the " Core of Cybertron " which appears in Transformers: War for Cybertron may actually be Primus ( if true then Primus would be the one who gave Optimus Prime the Matrix of Leadership ).

Transformers: The Ultimate Guide published by Dorling Kindersley created a new set of names for the faces other than Death — War, Wrath, Wisdom and Judgment — but the later IDW Publishing book, The Ark: A Complete Compendium of Transformers Animation Models, returned to using the original names.

Sentinel ( simply called " Zeta Prime " throughout the course of the game ) appears Transformers: War for Cybertron.

Cullen reprised his role as Optimus Prime in Michael Bay's live-action Transformers film series, the video games Transformers: War for Cybertron and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and the new TV series, Transformers: Prime.

Within the TV series, they are the creators of the Transformers, although in most other fictional universes featuring the Transformers, they have no such status.

The term " Seekers " was not used in any official publications until the first issue of the Dreamwave comic, Transformers: The War Within.

Optimus then ordered a planet-wide evacuation of Cybertron ( Transformers: The War Within # 1 ).

Transformers scribe Simon Furman came on board to produce Transformers: The War Within, a series of limited series detailing previously-undocumented aspects of the Transformers ' past.

* Transformers: The War Within

* Transformers: The War Within: The Dark Ages ( vol.

* Transformers: The War Within: The Age of Wrath ( vol.

Bludgeon appeared in the first volume of Dreamwave Productions ' Transformers: The War Within series.

Bludgeon would not only appear in the War Within comic, but also in its sister title, Transformers: Armada.

: Released in the second wave of the die-cast metal Transformers: Titanium line, this 6 " version of Jetfire is based on his Cybertronian mode from Dreamwave's War Within comic book series.

Optimus then ordered a planet-wide evacuation of Cybertron ( Transformers: The War Within # 1 ).

Hound was among those who reluctantly prepared for the evacuation ( Transformers: War Within # 2 ).

In the Transformers Spotlight issue on Shockwave, Grimlock and the ' Dynobots ' ( sporting Cybertronian designs much like their War Within designs ) appear in a story that partially homages their Marvel origin.

Several diagnostic drones of the type seen in Beast Machines were seen in the first Transformers: The War Within series from Dreamwave Productions, both acting as drones in Optronix's data library, and later fetching Megatron's cannon in the Decepticon base.

The Protectobots were featured in Dreamwave's reimagining of the Generation 1 universe, during the second Transformers: The War Within series.

In the Transformers Spotlight issue on Shockwave, Grimlock and the ' Dynobots ' ( sporting Cybertronian designs much like their War Within designs ) appear in a story that partially homages their Marvel Generation 1 origin.

Slag first appeared in Dreamwave's Transformers: The War Within.

According to comic book writer and editor Bob Budiansky, The Transformers character Shockwave was inspired by Spock.

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There have also been a number of spin-offs based on the toys including a Marvel comic book series, an animated television series program presented by Claster Television, Inc., a television production company that Hasbro organized for this and similar purposes, that began transmissions in 1984 ( Transformers series ) and a feature-length movie, The Transformers: The Movie.

Hasbro Europe still will not accept, however, that the range was released in the UK in 1984, not even with evidence such as Argos 1984 catalogues containing the range, the UK comic launching in September 1984 or even the 1984 Transformers product catalogue produced by " Hasbro Industries ( UK ) Ltd, Wokingham ".

* Primus, the creator of the Transformers conceived by Simon Furman for the UK Transformers comic, received action figure treatment in the Cybertron line.

The faction made their first appearance in the Beast Wars toyline and animated series, and have been represented in various Transformers animated series, comic books and toylines since.

IDWs Transformers licensed comic books introduced the character of " Tappet " a robot who is based on Noddy visually and clearly transforms into Noddy's classic car.

* The Transformers: Revelation, a comic book miniseries

Although the United Kingdom's exclusive Transformers comic series shone the spotlight on the Constructicons when they were charged with hunting down Buster Witwicky, and again when the time-travelling Galvatron co-opted their services to build a gigantic laser cannon, the team's special talents were not required in the US title again until they and the Predacons stole large amounts of rocket fuel and raw materials, with which the Constructicons rebuilt the Decepticons ' mobile island headquarters as a spaceship.

In the alternate future universe of 2008 featured in the UK Transformers comic, Mixmaster was briefly indicated to have ascended to leadership of the Constructicons.

A story published in issue 264 of the UK's Transformers comic is often cited as an attempt to explain both releases, but since the " new " Constructicons would not be released for another two years, the only toy the story could actually be based upon would be the Action Master version of Devastator.

After Dreamwave's bankruptcy, IDW Publishing was awarded the Transformers comic book license.

When the Transformers: Generation 2 toy line began a few years later, the Constructicons were again released in a yellow and purple color scheme, this time all over the world, and including the combining pieces ( although for their sparing appearances in Marvel's Generation 2 comic, they retained their original green and purple appearances ).

There was even a robot named Megatron in issue # 18 of the comic, a name subsequently used multiple times for the leader of the evil Decepticons from Transformers.

While the monthly Transformers comic was published in the United States, its sister title in the United Kingdom reprinted its stories, and included many of its own original tales, interspliced with the running American narrative.

Issue # 279 of the Marvel U. K. Transformers comic featured a story called " Divide and Conquer!

A few years after the conclusion of the original Transformers comic, the line was given a shot in the arm with the release of the new Transformers: Generation 2 toyline and an accompanying comic.

In a comic story found in the Transformers DVD boxset for season 2, a special comic was donated by Darren Jamieson and Dylan Gibson that explored what happened when the Dinobots combined.