Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy

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Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy
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Original work Transformers: Generation 1 by Hasbro and Tomy
OwnerHasbro
Print publications
Book(s)Titans Return - The Power of the Titan Masters
ComicsTransformers: Windblade - Combiner Wars
Transformers: Combiner Hunters
Transformers: Titans Return
Games
Video game(s)Transformers: Battle Tactics
Transformers: Devastation
Miscellaneous
Toy(s)Transformers: Generations
Web series Transformers: Combiner Wars
Transformers: Titans Return
Transformers: Power of the Primes
Official website
Hasbro official website

Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy is a toyline and transmedia series that is part of the Transformers franchise by Hasbro.

Contents

Premise

The main story line is set in an alternate Transformers: Generation 1 continuity.

Arc 1: "Combiner Wars"

Forty years after the Great War between the Autobots and the Decepticons on Earth, the two factions returned to Cybertron, where Optimus Prime defeated Megatron in a final duel, ending their war permanently. A Council of Worlds was forged, consisting of Rodimus Prime, Starscream and the Mistress of Flame, ruling Cybertron and Caminus in an uneasy peace. However, the rise of the Combiners caused destruction and death on Caminus, setting Windblade, the Cityspeaker of the Titans, on a quest for vengeance. Meanwhile, the Combiner Victorion is on her own mission to find the Enigma of Combination.

Arc 2: "Titans Return"

Following the end of the Combiner Wars, the Titans are awakened and Trypticon begins to wreak havoc on Cybertron. To combat Trypticon, Windblade gathers up a ragtag team of Transformers to resurrect an "ancient ally". And while some may be forever changed by the events, others may not emerge with their sparks intact.

Arc 3: "Power of the Primes"

Following the death of Optimus Prime, the rest of the Transformers must band together to survive before Megatronus / The Fallen can wipe out their species forever. [1] [2]

Media

Video games

TitleDeveloper(s) / Publisher(s)Platform(s)Release date(s)
Transformers: Battle Tactics DeNA Android and iOS January 30, 2015[ citation needed ]
Transformers: Devastation PlatinumGames and Activision Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One
  • NA: October 6, 2015
  • EU: October 9, 2015
[3]
Transformers: Earth Wars Backflip Studios Android and iOSJune 2, 2016 [4]

Comics

Various comic book issues from The Transformers by IDW Publishing make reference to the Prime Wars Trilogy.

TitleIssue(s)Writer(s)Artist(s)Premiere dateFinale date
"Combiner Wars"
The Transformers: Robots in Disguise#39-42John BarberLivio RamondelliMarch 18, 2015 [5] June 17, 2015 [6]
The Transformers: Windblade Vol. 2#1-4Mairghread ScottSarah StoneMarch 25, 2015 [7] June 24, 2015 [8]
Transformers: Combiner HuntersOne-shotMairghread ScottSara Pitre-DurocherJuly 29, 2015 [9]
"Titans Return"
Transformers: Titans ReturnOne-shotMairghread Scott
James Roberts
John Barber
Livio RamondelliJuly 27, 2016 [10]
The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #56-57James RobertsPriscilla TramontanoAugust 17, 2016 [11] September 28, 2016 [12]
The Transformers: Robots in Disguise#56-57John BarberLivio RamondelliAugust 31, 2016 [13] September 28, 2016 (digital)
October 5, 2016 (print) [14]

Book

In July 2016, the Hasbro Pulse website published a book titled The Power of the Titan Masters to promote the Titans Return toyline. [15]

Web series

On 2016, Machinima, Inc. and Hasbro Studios created an animated web series titled Transformers: Combiner Wars which started airing from August 2 to September 20 for Verizon's go90 streaming media format. [16] Prior to the premiere on go90, a set of four prelude videos was released that detailed some of the events which had transpired in this continuity prior to the start of the series. [17] The second season titled Transformers: Titans Return was released for November 2017. [18] The third and final web season was titled Transformers: Power of the Primes and was announced for May 1, 2018. [19] Rooster Teeth is no longer streaming the complete Prime Wars Trilogy on their website for audiences in the US & internationally. [20]

Future

Hasbro and Machinima announced a new trilogy of web series titled Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy , which is not related to the video game of the same name. [21] The first installment is titled Transformers: Siege and was scheduled for 2019. [22]

After Machinima closed down in February 2019, [23] Hasbro Studios and Netflix closed a deal for War for Cybertron Trilogy animated series, produced by Allspark Animation, Rooster Teeth and Polygon Pictures for 2020. [24] F. J. DeSanto returned as showrunner while George Krstic, Gavin Hignight and Brandon M. Easton contributed as writers. [24]

Characters

This is a list of the characters from the Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy. [25] [26] [27] [28]

Autobots

Decepticons

Camiens

Others

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