Some of the voice cast from the 1984 series The Transformers return to reprise their roles, including Peter Cullen as Autobot leader Optimus Prime and Gregg Berger as Grimlock. Other subplots also tell an adapted story for several characters. An origins subplot for the Dinobots is also told, reimagined from the Transformers: Generation 1 continuity. The game tells the story of the Transformers, fictional robotic life forms, and the final days of conflict on their home planet of Cybertron. Mercenary Technology developed the game's Windows version, while Fun Labs developed the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions. In 2016, it was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 8, in Australia and on August 9, in North America.
The game was released on August 21, 2012, in North America and on August 24, 2012, in Europe for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It is the sequel to the 2010 video game Transformers: War for Cybertron, and directly follows the events of that game as the Autobots struggle to defeat their Decepticon foes in a war for their home planet of Cybertron. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is a third-person shooter video game developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision.
