Transformers: Rise in NY (Game)

Transformers: Rise in NY is an video game based on the Transformers franchise, developed by Edge of Reality and WayForward, and published by Activision.

Gameplay
The console and Microsoft Windows versions of Transformers: Rise in NY are a third-person shooter

Multiplayer
Transformers: Rise in NY has an extra mode called "Escalation". It is an online multiplayer mode where four players fend off waves of increasingly tough enemies, returned with the addition of upgradable defenses. The mode features over forty playable characters, and has levels based on both Cybertron and Earth. Experience points collected by players are shared between the single-player and multiplayer modes.

Setting
Transformers: Rise in NY is a crossover with the Transformers film franchise and the Cybertron video game series,

Characters
^a Playable in campaign

^b Playable in escalation

^d Appears in campaign, but is non-playable

^e Slag was renamed Slug in the game due to Slag being a derogatory term in some cultures

^f Originally available via pre-order, later downloadable content

Development
The Windows and console versions of Transformers: Rise in NY are powered by Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 and utilize the Havok physics engine.

Reception
The console and Windows versions of Transformers: Rise in NY, developed by Edge of Reality, received unfavourable reviews from critics, and the total absence of multiplayer support on Nintendo 3DS version, developed by WayForward Technologies, received better reviews with a GameRankings score of 60.00% and no Metacritic score reported.