Transformers: The Game Gets Voiced

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May 19, 2007, 1:56 pm EDT
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Hear the actors from the movie in the game too.

Activision Signs Talent From Upcoming Feature Film And Original TV Series For Transformers: The Game

Santa Monica, CA – May 18, 2007 – TRANSFORMERS: The Game, from Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), developed under license from HPG the licensing division of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), is bridging the gap from “G1" (Generation One) to the present day TRANSFORMERS by casting the upcoming live-action film leads Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox alongside legendary voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, the original voices of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON. Based on “TRANSFORMERS," the highly anticipated live-action feature film from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, the game allows players to relive their favorite movie moments and go beyond in a movie-inspired storyline penned with the help of Flint Dille, best known as the writer of the acclaimed “TRANSFORMERS" animated series.

“TRANSFORMERS is an incredible franchise with huge global appeal and our goal is to present a game that speaks to fans of the upcoming movie as well as to G1 fans," said Laird Malamed, head of production, Activision, Inc. “We have a fantastic line-up that includes original talent from the animated TV series and the upcoming film, bringing together the best of both worlds."

In TRANSFORMERS: The Game, players choose to protect the Earth as AUTOBOTS or destroy it as DECEPTICONS. Playing as OPTIMUS PRIME, BUMBLEBEE, MEGATRON, BARRICADE and other characters, gamers will experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite ROBOTS IN DISGUISE as they battle for Earth.

TRANSFORMERS: The Game is in development by Traveller’s Tales for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Wii™ video game console, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PC, and is rated “T" (Teen) by the ESRB. A PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system version is being developed by Savage Entertainment and is currently rated “E 10+" (Everyone 10 and older – Violence) by the ESRB. Two unique games for Nintendo DS™, TRANSFORMERS: AUTOBOTS and TRANSFORMERS: DECEPTICONS, are being developed by Vicarious Visions and are rated “E 10+" (Everyone 10 and older - Violence) by the ESRB. For more information about the game, visit http://www.transformersgame.com/.

Talkback

SheckyMay 19, 2007

Get to hear all sorts of people say "Transform!"

GoldenPhoenixMay 19, 2007

This is a bit confusing, Frank Welker is no longer the voice of Megatron in the movie (Hugo Weaving is), so I wonder if that is a typo?

NWR_pap64Pedro Hernandez, Contributing WriterMay 19, 2007

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This is a bit confusing, Frank Welker is no longer the voice of Megatron in the movie (Hugo Weaving is), so I wonder if that is a typo?

Maybe Hugo couldn't (or more realistically, his contract didn't allow him to) do the voice for the game version and are using the original voice actor for the game.

That happens sometimes.

MysticGohanMay 19, 2007

Frank Welker was the original voice actor for the original Megatron for Tranformers G1. Hugo Weaving Unfortunately is doing the Voice for the Live action vers. of Megatron. Which is abit sad, I wanted the original, They Got Peter Cullen for Optimus, why not Megs?

Atleast he'll be reprising his role for the game, hoping that the game will be good.

GoldenPhoenixMay 19, 2007

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Frank Welker was the original voice actor for the original Megatron for Tranformers G1. Hugo Weaving Unfortunately is doing the Voice for the Live action vers. of Megatron. Which is abit sad, I wanted the original, They Got Peter Cullen for Optimus, why not Megs?

Atleast he'll be reprising his role for the game, hoping that the game will be good.

Actually from what I gathered they originally had Welker cast as Megatron but after hearing his voice (which from most reports is weak sounding) they needed to get someone new unless people wanted a wheezing megatron.

MysticGohanMay 19, 2007

I dont' know if I'd buy that. I have to hear him personally to make that kind of judgment, any reasons why he sounds weak?

GoldenPhoenixMay 19, 2007

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I dont' know if I'd buy that. I have to hear him personally to make that kind of judgment, any reasons why he sounds weak?

Well sometimes people's voices deteriorate as they get older. Personally I didn't care for the the original Megatron's voice, and vastly preferred the Beast Wars one.

MysticGohanMay 19, 2007

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I dont' know if I'd buy that. I have to hear him personally to make that kind of judgment, any reasons why he sounds weak?

Well sometimes people's voices deteriorate as they get older. Personally I didn't care for the the original Megatron's voice, and vastly preferred the Beast Wars one.

Tell me your joking? The Beast Wars Megs Suked hardcore! I mean, I went wtf when I first heard him speak. He talks to himself and acts redundant. He was Inferior to the original VA. His voice alone made me cringed just at the sound of it.

ShyGuyMay 19, 2007

What's the status on Starscream?

MysticGohanMay 19, 2007

Not Sure, Some new dude is doing his VA, as the original VA has passed away

GoldenPhoenixMay 19, 2007

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I dont' know if I'd buy that. I have to hear him personally to make that kind of judgment, any reasons why he sounds weak?

Well sometimes people's voices deteriorate as they get older. Personally I didn't care for the the original Megatron's voice, and vastly preferred the Beast Wars one.

Tell me your joking? The Beast Wars Megs Suked hardcore! I mean, I went wtf when I first heard him speak. He talks to himself and acts redundant. He was Inferior to the original VA. His voice alone made me cringed just at the sound of it.

Well he has a pretty big following so I'm not the only one, the old Megatron made me cringe when I heard him again for the first time in years.

D-Mac DoubleMay 19, 2007

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Tell me your joking? The Beast Wars Megs Suked hardcore! I mean, I went wtf when I first heard him speak. He talks to himself and acts redundant. He was Inferior to the original VA.

Ah, I gotcha. So a character trait of BW Megatron proves that David Kaye did a poor job of playing him. But of course.

...Wait a minute. What?

Welker is undoubtedly a legendary performer in the field of voice over, but I honestly never dug the huge amount of graveliness he used in his voice for ol' Megs. From hearing him in a recent video interview, it's noticeably increased a whole lot over time.

I always found it too hard to get over the "Wow. He sorta sounds like he's straining himself." aspect, and much of his line delivery felt very subdued to me as a result. Sure was unique though. I'll give it that.

MysticGohanMay 20, 2007

He sounds just as good now as he did then. I think Bay was being critical over nothing. You can clearly hear Frank Welker in the end, He sounds damn good then he ever has.

GoldenPhoenixMay 20, 2007

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He sounds just as good now as he did then. I think Bay was being critical over nothing. You can clearly hear Frank Welker in the end, He sounds damn good then he ever has.

Regardless I think we all should give Hego Weaving a fair chance, I hear he is quite good with voices so we will see. I think fans should be happy they included the original voice of Optimus (Then again I like the Beast Wars one better, though not by much).

MysticGohanMay 21, 2007

Meh, I know Hugo Did Agent Smith from the matrix, but as Meg's... I dunno. That's a tall order there.

I still say Frank Welker's the Best Megatron evar!

GoldenPhoenixMay 21, 2007

Here is a really interesting (but short) fan made video of Hugo Weaving's voice put to megatron (taken from V for Vendetta). Sounds awesome IMO.

Here you go

MysticGohanMay 22, 2007

Dunno... Doesn't have the Megatron feel. But it does sound more like the quintissons.

GoldenPhoenixMay 22, 2007

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Dunno... Doesn't have the Megatron feel. But it does sound more like the quintissons.

Depends what you mean by Megatron feel, there has been more than one megatron with different voice actors.

MysticGohanMay 22, 2007

And all made him look like an idiot, the original was superior the the ones to come after. Atleast the original had the voice, the intelligence and cunning (portrayed)

None of the other wannabe Megatrons have yet to impress me. Both in Character and VA.

GoldenPhoenixMay 23, 2007

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And all made him look like an idiot, the original was superior the the ones to come after. Atleast the original had the voice, the intelligence and cunning (portrayed)

None of the other wannabe Megatrons have yet to impress me. Both in Character and VA.

Beast Machines megatron was not an idiot. G1 Megatron was an idiot, not to mention the whole show was corny as can be.

D-Mac DoubleMay 23, 2007

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And all made him look like an idiot, the original was superior the the ones to come after. Atleast the original had the voice, the intelligence and cunning (portrayed)

None of the other wannabe Megatrons have yet to impress me. Both in Character and VA.

Beast Machines megatron was not an idiot. G1 Megatron was an idiot, not to mention the whole show was corny as can be.

I actually found that much of Beast Machines' premise was still kinda corny in its own right. =P

...those freakin' spirtual treehuggers.

MysticGohanMay 24, 2007

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And all made him look like an idiot, the original was superior the the ones to come after. Atleast the original had the voice, the intelligence and cunning (portrayed)

None of the other wannabe Megatrons have yet to impress me. Both in Character and VA.

Beast Machines megatron was not an idiot. G1 Megatron was an idiot, not to mention the whole show was corny as can be.

I actually found that much of Beast Machines' premise was still kinda corny in its own right. =P

...those freakin' spirtual treehuggers.

Indeed! in Truth, Beast Machines was the worst series of them all. There were plot holes bigger than the grand canyon.

RequiemMay 24, 2007

I'm going to have to agree with Phoenix. While the original was a better series, I was actually more entertained watching Beast Wars.

And yes, Megatron's voice was better in Beast Wars as well. It wasn't so raspy. The only raspy voice I like is Cobra from G.I. Joe.

GoldenPhoenixMay 24, 2007

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I'm going to have to agree with Phoenix. While the original was a better series, I was actually more entertained watching Beast Wars.

And yes, Megatron's voice was better in Beast Wars as well. It wasn't so raspy. The only raspy voice I like is Cobra from G.I. Joe.

I think people are influenced more from nostalgia when it comes to G1. I've picked up the first two seasons of it, and while they are fun, they still are basically created solely for kids with cliche after cliche. Beast Wars and yes Machines (which I thought was vastly underrated) had some highly creative plots with some relevant moral questions. ANYWAY regardless of what the content of the shows are, we are talking about voice actors, not which Megatron was "dumber" than the other. LIke Requiem said, I just found Megatron's voice to be way too raspy in the original, and much preferred the "deeper" more evil sounding voice of the Beast Wars Megatron.

MysticGohanMay 24, 2007

Only if you think all germans are evil:p That's what the accent off that Megatron sounded. My Beef, is that he seemed incompetent, always talking to himself. Dinobot was more intresting however. Although nothing like his predecessor "Grimmlock"

RequiemMay 25, 2007

He didn't sound German at all. It was English if anything.

MysticGohanMay 25, 2007

You say so (It's still sounded Germanish to me) :P

CericMay 25, 2007

I think Beast Wars was a good mix of everything. Beast Machines was just to heavy.

bustin98May 25, 2007

Maybe its my nostalgia speaking, but I hate a bad guy who laughs, and from Beast Wars and on, Megatron laughs too much. And when I say 'hate' I mean it rubs me the wrong way when Megatron opens his mouth only to spill a bunch of giggles.

And Megatron needs a raspy voice. It accenuates the nasty battle scars he would have if made of flesh. I'm in the camp of the original G1 is better than any other. And the original movie is awesome, other than completely destroying Grimlock's character and making Ultra Magnus a complete nincumpoop. The image of Starscream frying and turning to dust while the crown tumbles through him will always stick with me. That and Optimus turning grey and the lights in eyes turning out.

Long live the 80's cartoons!

CericMay 25, 2007

I'm going to go rewatch but original Megatron laughs as well I do believe... I like both the voices for different reasons. Though a little gruff in the aged versions of Megatron does fit.

KDR_11kMay 25, 2007

I feel left out since I've never seen the show and even if I did I would have heard different voices...

MysticGohanMay 25, 2007

You know you wanna Yes, While the Original Megatron did Laugh at times, it was nowhere near as much as his counter parts.

I Think Frank Welker sounds well. Listen to the end of the Interview. "Die Autobot!"

CericMay 26, 2007

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You know you wanna Yes, While the Original Megatron did Laugh at times, it was nowhere near as much as his counter parts.

I Think Frank Welker sounds well. Listen to the end of the Interview. "Die Autobot!"

Agree.

GoldenPhoenixMay 26, 2007

I watched that interview and Welker does not sound good, he sounds old and I can completely understand why Bay doesn't want him to do the voice, age has taken a toll on his voice. Peter Cullen on the other hand sounds great.

blackfootstepsMay 27, 2007

I'm definitely on the G1 side here, having never really got into the others. I have always loved the nasal rasp of G1 Megatron but from listening to that interview its clear that Prime's voice actor has held up better over the years. I wouldn't be surprised if Bay thought that Welker's voice had become too raspy even for Megatron. A pity because it really does provide a perfect contrast between the goodness of Prime and the evil of Megatron.

What I'm really concerned about is how they'll handle Starscream, who was definitely my favourite as a kid.

GoldenPhoenixMay 27, 2007

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I'm definitely on the G1 side here, having never really got into the others. I have always loved the nasal rasp of G1 Megatron but from listening to that interview its clear that Prime's voice actor has held up better over the years. I wouldn't be surprised if Bay thought that Welker's voice had become too raspy even for Megatron. A pity because it really does provide a perfect contrast between the goodness of Prime and the evil of Megatron.

What I'm really concerned about is how they'll handle Starscream, who was definitely my favourite as a kid.

Starscream was a cool character. I remember when he popped up in beast wars!

MysticGohanMay 27, 2007

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I'm definitely on the G1 side here, having never really got into the others. I have always loved the nasal rasp of G1 Megatron but from listening to that interview its clear that Prime's voice actor has held up better over the years. I wouldn't be surprised if Bay thought that Welker's voice had become too raspy even for Megatron. A pity because it really does provide a perfect contrast between the goodness of Prime and the evil of Megatron.

What I'm really concerned about is how they'll handle Starscream, who was definitely my favourite as a kid.

Starscream was a cool character. I remember when he popped up in beast wars!

We know how that went

That's a plot hole if I ever saw one. Last I recall Unicron restored Starscreams body. So why is he in Waspinator's body during that stint in Beast Wars? His body wasn't destroyed again!

CericMay 28, 2007

Could be before that or even after. Beast Wars does happen in actual time Pre-G1 so Starscream spark would have had to do some time traveling.

You know, we are all here sitting and complaining about are lost childhoods and the like but has anyone actually heard the voice that they have given Megatron? I personally haven't and from what I know the reason was because his voice wasn't holding up not because they didn't like the gruffness of Megatrons voice. This could all be for not and Megatron voice could sound much like he originally did.

Edit: I went and rewatched all the video I could find with scenes from the movie. Neither side talks once in any of them. I hope thats not an indication on how the movie is. I really do hope the transformers gets some one liners while fighting and like.

GoldenPhoenixMay 28, 2007

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Could be before that or even after. Beast Wars does happen in actual time Pre-G1 so Starscream spark would have had to do some time traveling.

You know, we are all here sitting and complaining about are lost childhoods and the like but has anyone actually heard the voice that they have given Megatron? I personally haven't and from what I know the reason was because his voice wasn't holding up not because they didn't like the gruffness of Megatrons voice. This could all be for not and Megatron voice could sound much like he originally did.

Edit: I went and rewatched all the video I could find with scenes from the movie. Neither side talks once in any of them. I hope thats not an indication on how the movie is. I really do hope the transformers gets some one liners while fighting and like.

Oh they will talk, but from what I heard they are backed up a bit when it comes to putting the voices in. From what I heard the transformers will act like individuals like the shows, not just big robots.

GoldenPhoenixMay 28, 2007

In case you are interested here is Starscream speaking.

MysticGohanMay 28, 2007

hmmm... dunno about that really. Makes me miss Chris Latta (I believe that's right)

GoldenPhoenixMay 28, 2007

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hmmm... dunno about that really. Makes me miss Chris Latta (I believe that's right)

Gee I'm surprised, it appears you won't be satisfied with ANYTHING the movie will have because it isn't corny like G1 transformers with all the "classic" voice actors.

MysticGohanMay 29, 2007

Don't make me come up there! :p

I'm picky so what? I just prefer the originals.

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