Transformers to roll out in online game

If Michael Bay’s interpretation of the Transformers (and the requisite gaming spin-offs that came with it) wasn’t quite your style, another option is on the way.

Hasbro has tapped UK developer Jagex to create a massively-multiplayer online game based on the 80s toy icon. It’s scheduled to be released in 2012.

Read more at Yahoo! Games

Transformers to get their own MMO game

Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and the rest are getting their own online world.

Hasbro and Runescape developer Jagex have announced plans to create a massively multiplayer game based on the popular 80s toy line and cartoon series. Unlike recent single-player games published by Activision, though, this will have nothing to do with director Michael Bay’s 2007 cinematic reboot of the series.

Read more at Variety’s Technotainment blog