Kabam has announced its latest update for the mobile fighting game Transformers: Forged to Fight, which introduces the Decepticon jet Thundercracker! Often fighting in the shadow of fellow Decepticon Starscream, Thundercracker loves a good battle…but only against a worthy opponent. He hates fighting against humans because it feels like unfair victory rather than true combat, […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #3
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #3… The central mystery of Brainstorm’s murder takes a backseat as Transformers #3 features a lot of exposition as other characters are introduced. There’s a lack of tension given the way the second issue ended with an apparent assassination attempt on Megatron’s life, but in place of that is more world-building from […]
IDW unveils first look preview of Transformers/Ghostbusters #1
Two of the biggest franchises of the 80s are crossing paths this summer as IDW Publishing releases the crossover series Transformers/Ghostbusters, and you can take a look at an unlettered first-look preview of the first issue here… “GHOSTS OF CYBERTRON” PART 1! After years of civil war, the Autobots fled Cyberton, leaving their home planet […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8
Ricky Church reviews Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8… While IDW has started a new Transformers series with a fresh continuity, the publisher is still releasing its previous series in deluxe format with Transformers: The IDW Collection Phase Two – Vol. 8. Collecting several issues from Transformers, More Than Meets The Eye, the Drift: Empire of […]
Transformers’ Soundwave gets an awesome collectible statue from Pop Culture Shock
Sideshow has released promotional images for Pop Culture Shock’s classic scale Soundwave statue which is based on the Decepticon’s G1 design from the classic 1980s animated series Transformers. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $230 and is expected to ship between April 2020 and June 2020; check it out here… SUPPORT FLICKERING […]
Bumblebee director discusses his original plans for Megatron appearance
This past December, every Generation One fan’s childhood was brought to life on the big screen by director Travis Knight in the all-too-brief Cybertron battle sequence in Paramount Pictures’ Transformers spinoff Bumblebee. The sequence featured cameo appearances from some of the franchise’s most beloved characters in their classic 80s designs. Unfortunately, the film’s ties to […]
Transformers: Forged to Fight celebrates its 2 year anniversary
Transformers themed mobile fighting game, Transformers: Forged to Fight, is celebrating its second anniversary with a brand new update which features an all new Challenge Mission, reworked Alliance Mission Maps and updates to some of our favourite robots in disguise. Developer Kabam have released a number of stats for the game showing how popular it […]
The Greatest Transformers Movie of All-Time | Flickering Myth Podcast Mini
In this excerpt from The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, Tom Beasley and Luke Owen discuss why 1986’s The Transformers: The Movie is the greatest film in the Transformers franchise, as well as trashing the Michael Bay films; check it out below, or listen to the full podcast episode here… SEE ALSO: Till All Are […]
Comic Book Review – Transformers #2
Ricky Church reviews Transformers #2… After setting up an intriguing new world in IDW’s reboot of Transformers, Brian Ruckley delivers a nice follow-up in the series’ second issue. Picking up almost immediately after the first issue’s discovery of Cybertron’s first murder in millions of years, Transformers #2 builds off that development in some interesting ways as the […]
Bumblebee sequel will feature “a little more Bayhem” says Transformers producer
While December’s Bumblebee movie didn’t reach the financial heights of past Transformers films, it certainly managed what no Michael Bay instalment before it had accomplished, fully embracing its source material to please both fans and critics alike. Those fans with a dislike for Bay’s brand of Transformers received another boost in February when it was […]