Transformers: Heavy Metal will roll out sometime in June for those in New Zealand, before launching globally later this year. Takara Tomy will publish the game in Japan and Seattle-based studio Very Very Spaceship will handle development while utilising Niantic's Lightship platform. From here, players will uncover hidden regions across Earth to find resources and battle Decepticons in turn-based battles, either solo or with friends. Players will join the Guardian Network, a group of humans who have banded together with the Autobots in a war against the Decepticons. Niantic has partnered with Hasbro on Transformers: Heavy Metal, a new augmented reality mobile game now in the works. Where: New Zealand, Denmark, and the Netherlands
