{"id":8036,"date":"2010-09-09T19:43:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T09:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=8036"},"modified":"2010-09-09T19:43:52","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T09:43:52","slug":"new-transformers-war-for-cybertron-downloadable-content-pack-available-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=8036","title":{"rendered":"New Transformers: War for Cybertron Downloadable Content Pack Available Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, AUSTRALIA. 9th September 2010 &#8212; The battle for CYBERTRON continues as Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that the Transformers(TM): War for Cybertron Map and Characters Pack 2 is available now for download on the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system. Based on Hasbro&#8217;s iconic TRANSFORMERS brand, the downloadable content pack will include two new, distinct playable TRANSFORMERS characters and five all-new maps for online multiplayer game modes.<\/p>\n<p>The new playable TRANSFORMERS characters joining the roster will include ZETA PRIME and DEAD END. Players will have access to both characters in the game&#8217;s heart-pounding, four-player co-op Escalation mode, and will be able to select their chassis to create their own TRANSFORMERS character in the traditional competitive multiplayer modes.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, five brand new multiplayer maps will extend the diverse array of battlefields on which players can wage war with their friends.<\/p>\n<p>Two new Escalation mode maps include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pulse is an AUTOBOT map and allows players to take a journey inside the DECEPTICON giant TRYPTICON, challenging fans to explore his twisted interior corridors to overload the central power core located within.<\/li>\n<li>Static is a DECEPTICON map that thrusts players into a bevy of multi-level rooms riddled with environmental traps that can be used for their advantage.<\/li>\n<li>Three new competitive multiplayer maps include:<\/li>\n<li>Horizon is a picturesque statuary overlooking the war-torn AUTOBOT home city of Iacon, complete with wide open courtyards and tight spaces for close quarters combat.<\/li>\n<li>Sector is an old maintenance facility used by the DECEPTICONS during the legendary war and allows for open vehicle navigation, especially dive-bombing jets and those with long range weapons.<\/li>\n<li>Metropolis is set high above the clouds and drops players straight into the bombed out ruins of a high rise Iacon city building. Liquid energon drips from broken pipes and sparking electricity crackles from severed wires as it was once served as a fierce central battleground on Cybertron.<\/li>\n<li>The Transformers: War for Cybertron Map and Characters Pack 2 is currently available on Xbox LIVE(R) Marketplace for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 800 Microsoft Points and in the PlayStation(R)Store for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system for $15.95.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Transformers: War for Cybertron is rated \u201cM\u201d. For more information on the game, visit www.TransformersGame.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, AUSTRALIA. 9th September 2010 &#8212; The battle for CYBERTRON continues as Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that the Transformers(TM): War for Cybertron Map and Characters Pack 2 is available now for download on the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation(R)3 computer entertainment system. 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