The offi­cial Trans­form­ers 2 video game site has launched today, con­tain­ing new screen­shots, the video game trailer we have pre­vi­ously seen and an inter­est­ing set of con­cept art for the game. Mean­while Kotaku have posted some addi­tional screen­shots of the PS3/360Wii and Nin­tendo DS ver­sions of the game.

Video game con­cept art

One area found on the new site that is com­pletely new is a small gallery of con­cept art images. They show an inner city con­struc­tion site being looked upon by Bum­ble­bee and Bum­ble­bee fight­ing the huge two wheeled exca­va­tor con­struc­ti­con in Shang­hai. There is also an inter­est­ing image show­ing a beam of light com­ing down from the sky — the pic­ture is named ‘har­vester’ — per­haps the Sun har­vester men­tioned in Defi­ance #4 and pos­si­bly seen in the kids col­or­ing book.

Details about the game

Kotaku go into some depth about the game’s fea­tures, which I have surmised:

- Closely fol­lows plot of movie
– No lin­ear story, cen­tral hub from there you select mis­sions to play
– Can play as Auto­bot or Decep­ti­con and can choose your Trans­former
– Mis­sions are timed and com­plet­ing them quickly can earn you Trans­former upgrades
– You can climb up the sides of build­ings
– The demo showed that Side­ways (Audi R8) is a sniper robot, com­plete with rifle
– One but­ton quick trans­for­ma­tions are still in
– Each Trans­former has a spe­cial abil­ity when trans­formed
– Can attack an enemy by div­ing at them and trans­form­ing next to them
– Starscream has a hover abil­ity
– Lame chauf­feur­ing Shia mission

Video Game Screenshots

A selec­tion of the more inter­est­ing screen­shots as posted on Kotaku. Show­ing Starscream in fly­ing bat­tle above an air­craft car­rier, Bum­ble­bee attack­ing a pur­ple char­ac­ter and Opti­mus Prime doing bat­tle on the Wii:

Wall­pa­pers

1600x1280 res­o­lu­tion wall­pa­per downloads:

Screen­shots of the site

Press release

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb 06, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — The fate of the earth and the sur­vival of the human race hang in the bal­ance in the Trans­form­ers™: Revenge of the Fallen video game from Activi­sion Pub­lish­ing, Inc. (Nas­daq: ATVI). Based on Hasbro’s leg­endary TRANSFORMERS prop­erty and the most antic­i­pated block­buster film of 2009 from Dream­Works Pic­tures and Para­mount Pic­tures in asso­ci­a­tion with Has­bro, the game pro­pels play­ers straight into an adrenaline-pumping bat­tle for supremacy across the globe where every sec­ond and every choice makes the dif­fer­ence between mankind’s sal­va­tion and annihilation.

“The Trans­form­ers: Revenge of the Fallen video game will give fans the chance to expe­ri­ence their favorite AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS in an all-new, movie inspired adven­ture packed with the thrilling and explo­sive action that only the TRANSFORMERS uni­verse can deliver,” said Rob Kos­tich, vice pres­i­dent of global brand man­age­ment, Activi­sion, Inc. “We are thrilled to announce that after expe­ri­enc­ing the rush of com­mand­ing colos­sal robots on their own, play­ers can chal­lenge their friends for the first time ever in full-featured, blis­ter­ing mul­ti­player action as their favorite characters.”

“Activi­sion has devel­oped a Trans­form­ers: Revenge of the Fallen video game that will give gamers and fans a truly com­pelling way to expe­ri­ence TRANSFORMERS,” said Mark Blecher, Hasbro’s Gen­eral Man­ager of Dig­i­tal Gam­ing and Media. “The Activi­sion team’s pas­sion for the prop­erty clearly shows in the char­ac­ter devel­op­ment, intense action and rich graph­ics that really deliver an immer­sive expe­ri­ence for the user.”

The Trans­form­ers: Revenge of the Fallen video game lets gamers step into the shoes of the AUTOBOTS or DECEPTICONS, select any avail­able mis­sion and pick from the largest, most diverse range of playable Trans­form­ers — each with their own dis­tinct abil­i­ties and weaponry. Set in unique envi­ron­ments across the globe such as Cairo and Shang­hai, the game allows play­ers to instantly switch between vehi­cle and robot modes as they drive, fly, fight and blast their way through intense, pressure-packed lev­els. After engag­ing in sin­gle player action, play­ers for the first time ever will be able to go online and bat­tle friends in all-new mul­ti­player modes.

The Trans­form­ers: Revenge of the Fallen video game is cur­rently in devel­op­ment by Lux­oflux for the Xbox 360® video game and enter­tain­ment sys­tem from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 com­puter enter­tain­ment sys­tem, and for Win­dows PC by Beenox Studios.

Also, Krome Stu­dios is devel­op­ing dis­tinct Wii™ and PlayStation®2 com­puter enter­tain­ment sys­tem ver­sions, uti­liz­ing the indi­vid­ual plat­form fea­tures to deliver an intense 3rd per­son action adven­ture game that com­bines dynamic robot com­bat with arcade-style vehi­cle sequences and flight-based lev­els. In addi­tion, two com­pletely dif­fer­ent titles are being devel­oped for Nin­tendo DS™ by Vic­ar­i­ous Visions, allow­ing play­ers to take on AUTOBOT or DECEPTICON-specific cam­paigns. For the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) sys­tem, a unique, fast-paced action arcade title is being devel­oped by Sav­age Entertainment.