Transformers: Heavy Metal dropped by Niantic

Bad news for devotees of the robots in camouflage, the Transformers: Heavy Metal AR game from Pokémon Go makers Niantic has been racked. Niantic Chief Executive Officer John Hanke kept in touch with the staff of the organization and made sense of that Niantic was “facing a time of economic turmoil” and was “reducing costs in a variety of areas.”

A second title, Hamlet, a cooperation among Niantic and dramatic organization Punchdrunk was likewise dropped, as were two unannounced games which went by the codenames Blue Sky and Snowball. Around ninety staff will likewise be cut.

Transformers: Heavy Metal would have found players joining the Guardian Network, a group of people who work with the Autobots to battle the Decepticons thusly based AR fights. The game was being made by Very Spaceship from Seattle and will utilize Lightship, Niantic’s planet-scale AR stage which has ongoing social highlights and 3D mapping.

Concept work of art for Bumblebee in Transformers: Heavy Metal

“Transformers is a global, beloved entertainment franchise that’s fun, a bit irreverent, and has a message that lines up with Niantic’s values, that of ‘Save the Earth, Save Humanity’,” said leader maker Phil Hong in a meeting with Venturebeat in 2021.

The last time we saw a Transformers game was in October 2020 when Transformers: Battlegrounds was discharge for control center and PC. “Transformers Battlegrounds is a great entry point into turn-based strategy game for younger Transformers fans, and even older fans looking for a more relaxed XCOM-style experience,” expressed Nick in our 8/10 review.

A VR title, Transformers Beyond Reality was intended to send off in March for PSVR and Steam yet has been deferred and no longer has a delivery date.

Niantic struggle with following up their hit game Pokémon Go with Harry Potter: Wizards Unite closing down recently in the wake of neglecting to track down an audience.

Source: Bloomberg