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While you wait for Gears of War 3, why not get your Transformers on? The upcoming Transformers: War for Cybertron looks like it borrows more than a little from Epic's popular third-person shooter, and that's not an entirely bad thing.

So if you're already dedicated to your War for Cybertron purchase, maybe you should reserve it at Best Buy. Doing so will get you an exclusive multiplayer character, Jazz. (Get the headline now? Get "jazzed"? Get it?) The pre-order is available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version of the game only, for obvious reasons I'm sure owners of other consoles have come to terms with by now.

War for Cybertron hits shelves on June 22; we'll be checking out the latest build of the game later this week, so expect some new details over the next few weeks.

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AlphaJC's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 15:43
AlphaJC
AAHH HELL yeah!! its JAZZ!!!!!!! one of my favorite autobots
Ganjookie's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 15:47
Ganjookie
thanks for explaining your pun as well as putting quotes around jazzed so that we know you wanted to make a joke.

w/o you Nick Chester I would never have understood comedy :D
runtheplacered's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 15:50
runtheplacered
But.. Shockwave is the Gamestop preorder bonus. So now I actually have to pick? (because who cares about Demolisher?)

Hmm. Sorry Jazz. Don't think you're gonna win in my house.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 15:50
Darren Nakamura
I don't get it!
UltorOscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 16:01
UltorOscariot
I call bull. Everyone loved Jazz if you had a connection to G1 transformers. Enough with the store exclusive DLC.
MrBounce's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 16:10
MrBounce
I'm guessing we can buy the store-exclusive ones as DLC later on? Because it kind of sucks having to choose between all these stores.

Also, what's with the HORRIBLE sound effects in that trailer? Pew pew pew pew?
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 16:39
Maurice Tan
Shockwave > Jazz.
Zarathustra's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 16:51
Zarathustra
Somebody please offer an ACTUAL transformer (i.e. a toy) as a preorder bonus! Who cares about multiplayer characters?
jaygerbomb's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 16:56
jaygerbomb
That's cool, but I've gotta admit, I'm more than a little disappointed that Jazz isn't a regular character.
SonicTHP's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 16:57
SonicTHP
Purchased.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 18:34
Nick Chester
So like, "jazzed" is a word used that's kind of like "excited." And "Jazz" is the Transformer character who you can get as a pre-order in... nevermind. God, you guys will never understand.
superjay779's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 19:04
superjay779
Shockwave it is. His toy was way cooler than Jazz anyway.
MeGrimlockKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 19:23
MeGrimlockKing
This is bad comedy.
Mulk Calathar's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 19:59
Mulk Calathar
Demolisher looks kind of cool but I have no idea who the hell he is. (I'm old)

Shockwave was cool in the comics. But he was a gibbering weenie in the cartoon series.

Yeah, I think I may have to go with Jazz.

I would have preferred Prowl though.

Or that F'ed up microscope guy...Perceptor? Think about how awesome it would be to get into a huge scrape and then while your team mates turn into vehicles and skeedaddle you um....transform into a freaking microscope and...uh...just sit there I guess....quietly looking at microscopic stuff... until the end comes.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 21:17
Electrium
I laughed.

I'm getting Shockwave, but man, this is upsetting. I hate having to miss out on part of the experience...if it weren't for all this pre-ordering stuff, my game would have two more characters than it will when I buy it.
ScottyG's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/26/2010 22:42
ScottyG
There is no Best Buy anywhere near me, so if I want this I can't get Jazz. I guess I could go for Shockwave, but... :(
triclops41's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/27/2010 01:39
triclops41
this vexes me greatly. i love shockwave, but jazz was my first transformer! this exclusive dlc shit is getting way out of hand. next they will say soundwave is being changed to exclusive dlc!
LazyAza's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/27/2010 04:48
LazyAza
So that makes 3 characters I wont get to play as when I buy the game.

FUCKING GREAT!
Chuzzle's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/27/2010 11:57
Chuzzle
@ Mulk Calathar

Perceptor is to the Autobots, what Aquaman is to the Justice League then?

either way.. I laughed. Thank you
Chuzzle's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/27/2010 11:58
Chuzzle
@ScottyG, do a preoder online, and see if they ship to your area,
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Katya's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2011 03:17
Katya
The pre-order is available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version of the game only, for obvious reasons I'm sure owners of other consoles have come to terms with by now.
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