TRANSFORMERS: Heavy Metal Releases in New Zealand

After only nearly two weeks, Niantic’s new TRANSFORMERS: Heavy Metal releases in New Zealand for testing.

Calling all Guardians of New Zealand🇳🇿 – @TFHeavyMetal is ready to download on iOS and Android💪 pic.twitter.com/oY7NQfQ6Lh
— TRANSFORMERS: Heavy Metal (@TFHeavyMetal) June 25, 2021

TRANSFORMERS: Heavy Metal is an augmented reality game being developed by Niantic and Very Very Spaceship in partnership with Hasbro.

If you want to learn more about the gameplay, we have a first look article you can read here. There are also plenty of gameplay videos up on YouTube. from the NZ release.

First Look at TRANSFORMERS: Heavy Metal Gameplay — Source: Niantic

TRANSFORMERS: Heavy Metal seems to have a heavier focus on combat compared to Niantic’s other titles.

The game will have you battling against the evil Decepticons with popular Autobot characters, like Bumblebee.

It features a turn-based battle style with RPG and customization elements for the robots.

The New Zealand soft-launch is available for both Android and iOS. Hopefully it doesn’t take long for the game to roll out to other countries.

Niantic also has nearly a dozen other games in development, including the Pikmin AR game in partnership with Nintendo. To stay updated you can sign-up to our monthly newsletter.