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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US so while we won't be shutting down completely for the rest of the week like other gaming web sites we will be updating tomorrow and Friday on a reduced basis. We hope all of you have a wonderful and safe holiday.

• Steam has new automatic bug fix updates on Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Europa Universalis III Heir to the Throne, Bit.Trip.Beat and Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes.
• Here's a video showing off another Call of Duty Black Ops Easter Egg.
• PC Gamer has an exclusive on Trundle, a new Champion coming to League of Legends.
• Watch an extended scene from The Witcher 2 (warning; it's a bit adult in parts).
• Transformers War For Cybertron is having another 10x XP multiplayer weekend until Sunday.
• A cool replica of the Portal gun is being auctioned off with proceeds going to Child's Play.

Transformers may be more than meets the eye but for the people at toy company Hasbro the long running robot franchise is also about taking to other media including movies, of course, and games. The fan site TFW2005.com recently listened in on Hasbro's Investor's Day internet feel and learned some interesting stuff about future game plans.

First is that Hasbro announced there will be a sequel to Transformers: War for Cybertron in 2012. The original game, which came out in June of this year from developer High Moon Studios and publisher Activision, got solid review marks and apparently sold well enough to get a second game ordered.

Second, some of you may remember that a Transformers MMO was announced for Asian territories earlier this year. Well Hasbro now says that game will be ported to other countries as well. We have hopes that there will soon be a way for US players to control transforming robots against thousands of others.

Looking for more Transformers to fight with on the robotic streets of Cybertron? Well, there's a DLC for that. With two new characters and five new maps, War For Cybertron's new offerings definitely fall in line with the classic DLC model. The trailer shows off the two new characters and a small (very small) sample of the maps in the pack. Overall, if you want more Transofrmers, you'll love this DLC and you'll love this trailer. Otherwise, it's nothing to get particularly excited about. Just the same old trailer DLC from any company gets.

Download HD Transformers: War for Cybertron Map & Characters Pack 2 DLC Trailer
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Today wasn't quite as busy of a day as Tuesday but it was still a lot more active than normal. Things might get more interesting tomorrow (hint hint).

• A new Global Agenda bug fix update has been released via Steam.
• A new Warhammer Online content update has been released with a new alternate item appearance system, among other changes.
• Transformers: War For Cybertron players get a 4X experience points online weekend beginning on Friday.
• The beta test for the free-to-play MMO Everquest 2 Extended has started.
• There will apparently be some news on an official Left 4 Dead motion comic on Friday.

We will ignore the fact that the PC versions of High Moon Studios' recent action game Transformers: War for Cybertron won't have access to the recently released DLC for the console versions (new maps and new Transformers to play with). The game itself is arguably the best Transformers game for the PC in a long time and we will just leave it at that.

That being said, players of the PC version will have access to this weekend's double XP multiplayer event. From 9 pm Eastern time on Friday to 3 am Eastern time on Monday you will be able to rack up the experience points in the game much faster than normal. Even without the DLC. Which we don't care about. Really.

[Via email press release]

The Call of Duty games are not the only titles that can get double XP multiplayer events, it seems. Publisher Activision has revealed that the just released action game Transformers: War For Cybertron will be getting its own double XP weekend.

Starting at 6 pm Pacific time Friday (that's 9 pm Eastern time) all versions of the High Moon Studios-developed game, including the PC port, will allow players to gain double the normal amount of experience points while in online multiplayer matches. The double XP weekend will end at a unannounced time on Sunday. The game allows players to make their own Transformer in multiplayer mode from four character classes and number of different weapons, skills and abilities.

[Via email press release]

As the first recent Transformers game that isn't based on a movie, War for Cybertron focuses on the pivotal battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that tore apart their homeworld. The game also supports a variety of multiplayer modes and is available now for anyone that wants to jump into the action.

Download HD Transformers: War for Cybertron Launch Trailer (83 MB)
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The first full week of summer in the US doesn't bring much in the way of new PC games this week. In addition to the titles listed below the final map pack for Defense Grid: The Awakening is scheduled to be released via Steam. Also the multiplayer beta for Medal of Honor is scheduled to begin this week.

Transformers: War for Cybertron: Can there be a good Transformers game? Developer High Moon Studios and publisher Activision plan to find out this week with this new action game based on the toy universe and not, thankfully, the Michael Bay movies.

Among some of the action-packed games Activision will be presenting at E3 2010 will be Transformers: War for Cybertron, the first recent Transformers game that's not based on a movie. The game is scheduled to release on June 22nd, just a few days after E3 concludes. With a little luck, the show will have a giant model of the robo-zilla.

Download HD Transformers: War for Cybertron 'E3 2010' Trailer (120 MB)
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