The Transformers property has had a slew of games produced throughout the course of its almost 40-year existence, and it may be making a foray into the MMO genre in the near future if certain Transformers: Rise rumours are correct. The leaks are the result of a content producer claiming to have insider knowledge of the long-running online game, which purportedly started development in 2011 and has had at least two developers work on it. According to the leaks, the game is still very much alive, will tie in some of the most important components of the Transformers world, and will be released during the franchise’s next major film release.
Transformers: Rise is the rumoured title of the console-MMO under development by Certain Affinity, an Austin, Texas-based indie developer founded in 2006 by many former Bungie workers. The developer has mostly assisted in the multiplayer development of several Halo and Call of Duty games, with extra work done on the original Left 4 Dead and 2016’s Doom, however, it has launched unique products in the shape of Age of Booty in 2008 and Crimson Alliance in 2011. Certain Affinity apparently started production on Transformers: Rise in 2017, thus taking over from Netdragon, which had ceased development on their Transformers Online game in 2012.
