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Earlier today, a news surfaced regarding Hasbro‘s decision to shutdown Backflip Studios; the publisher behind Transformers: Earth Wars.

Hasbro stated the following:

“We have made the difficult business decision to close Backflip Studios. Despite working with the studio for the past few years, we’ve been unable to find a viable path forward. While we hoped for a different outcome, all employees will ultimately be departing the organization. Affected employees have been informed and will be eligible to receive severance packages. We are also exploring potential opportunities for impacted employees that may be a fit for open positions within our broader organization. Hasbro remains committed to digital gaming in other areas of our global business as well as part of our long-term strategy and we will continue to invest where we see opportunities for growth.”

However, TFW2005 reached out to Space Ape Games; the developer of Transformers: Earth Wars, for a special statement. Despite the closure of Backflip Studios, the developer assured that the game will continue on in absence of its publisher.

“The game has been operated entirely by Space Ape for many years so the changes won’t have any impact on the game or its players. The GI Joe release will go ahead as planned and players will be able to enjoy the game for years to come.”

Backflip Studios also developed and published a short-lived G.I. Joe mobile game titled G.I. Joe: Strike which featured Snake Eyes.

Hasbro acquired Backflip Studios for US$ 112 million, back in 2013.

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The official Twitter account of Transformers: Earth Wars is revealing a couple of artwork for the upcoming G.I. Joe Crossover Event.

“Knowing is Half the Battle. Flesh and metal collide as a group of elite fighters armed with state-of-the-art technology merge with the world of Autobots and Decepticons. The G.I. Joe franchise is making its debut in Transformers: Earth Wars.”

In addition to the artwork, the official You Tube channel for the game has uploaded the reveal trailer and a gameplay demo for the H.I.S.S. Tank.

You can checkout the artwork, after the jump.

under G.I. Joe Cartoons, G.I. Joe Movie, G.I. Joe Video Games

With a massive surprise, which makes Unicron feel like a ping-pong ball, the developers of Transformers: Earth Wars unveiled G.I. Joe and Cobra forces as future updates for the aforementioned mobile game.

If you skip to the 17th minute of the live stream, you are in for a treat.

We’ve included some nice shots from the trailer with this News Post, but don’t forget to visit the live stream for the full content.

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Here’s an amazing news which came out of the left field by HISSTANK Boards member tkprime. A brand new G.I. Joe franchise based mobile game is in its soft launch.

Titled as G.I. Joe: War On Cobra, the game is currently available on selected countries for the Google Android platform.

Developed by D3 Go! mobile app development company (who are most famous for Marvel’s Puzzle Quest mobile game), G.I. Joe: War On Cobra is a RTS styled Combat City Builder game; highly reminiscent of Transformers: Earth Wars.

This new game features an art style closely following Fortnight and Overwatch; which will certainly appeal to the young crowd.

Official details:

Choose a side and battle in G.I. Joe: War on Cobra! Build, upgrade, and defend your base in this high action, competitive real-time strategy (RTS), multiplayer game featuring your favorite G.I. Joe Heroes and Cobra Villains!

The War on Cobra wages on…where does your allegiance lie? Clash with or against iconic characters like Duke, Snake Eyes, Scarlett, Roadblock, Storm Shadow, Baroness, and more! Deploy or demolish Units like H.I.S.S., Mamba, Vamp, Sharc Tooth, and Land Drones. The future of Earth is at stake, will you save it or conquer it?

Additional details and images can be found after the jump. You can also subscribe to the official G.I. Joe: War On Cobra newsletter to find out when you’ll get to play the game.

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You may remember back in June, we brought you the news of a new partnership between Hasbro and Quidd (a popular digital Trading Card collection app) to bring Hasbro characters onto the aforementioned platform. The initial wave featured Transformers, My Little Pony and Monopoly.

It was also announced that Dungeons & Dragons, Nerf and G. I. Joe will receive the Quidd treatment in the near future. It so happens (completely unannounced, mind you) that G. I. Joe franchise based Trading Cards and Digital Stickers are now available for fans to collect and trade.

At the moment, one set of Digital Stickers (to be used on chat applications) and two sets of Digital Trading Cards are available for purchase for a reasonable price; whether you use actual cash or in-game digital currency given for free.

All three sets are titled as ‘Heritage Collection‘ and features the classic Movable Fighting Men and their vehicles.

The cover photo featuring ‘A Real American Hero‘ line, hints towards the fact that ARAH collections are not too far behind.

If Transformers collections are any indication, we may even see 3D models of G. I. Joe figures in the near future.

You can download Quidd for iOS and Android. We’ve included several screenshots with this news post, for you to check out what this is all about.

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A week ago, Quidd digital trading card and sticker app was suddenly updated with new and official content from Hasbro‘s Evergreen branding.

A week later, both companies announced their official partnership with new content from Hasbro’s Transformers, My Little Pony, Magic: The Gathering and Monopoly franchises. But the best part from the announcement is the fact that the companies confirmed G. I. Joe related content in near future.

“Starting today, Quidd will begin to create, distribute and sell limited-edition digital stickers, trading cards and toys from 40 of Hasbro’s brands. This expansive collaboration will transform Hasbro’s iconic intellectual properties, including DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, GI JOE, and NERF, into rare, one-of-a-kind digital stickers, GIFs, trading cards and digital toys that can be purchased, traded and displayed through Quidd’s free mobile application.”

Regarding the partnership, Hasbro stated:

“Quidd’s unique platform will allow our fans to engage and interact with our brands in a new and compelling format, With more ‘first’ experiences coming digitally, Quidd’s ability to leverage storytelling through digital stickers, cards and toys is something that our community will embrace.”

Michael Bramlage, co-Founder and CEO of Quidd stated:

“We’re excited to announce this innovative partnership, bringing the truly amazing Hasbro portfolio of brands to our marketplace,Our fast-growing community will get to experience the depth of Hasbro’s visionary worlds by owning and interacting with rare digital characters, many of which will only be made available as digital exclusives.”

Based on the content on the app catering to the Transformers franchise, we can expect the following for G. I. Joe:

  • ARAH or Evergreen G. I. Joe Trading Cards
  • Character face stickers
  • Trading Cards featured on G. I. Joe: Battlegrounds
  • 3D Models of the toys
  • Possible concept art and final designs for upcoming G. I. Joe related entertainment content.
  • G. I. Joe Kawaii Stickers

You can check out the two press releases (one business related and the other geared towards the fans), after the jump. You can download the app via Quidd’s official website.

News Post image: G. I. Joe Battlegrounds mobile app.

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Two years ago, HISSTANK uncovered a new Hasbro Toy Trademark based on their Micro Machines line at the United States Patent & Trademark Office. It was quickly followed by another trademark for an Animated Series. We were excited, for back in the late 80s G. I. Joe represented a small (but important) portion of the Micro Machines toyline. Hasbro also produced several Star Wars related Micro Machines toys at the end of last year.

The company is moving ahead with more content for the revived Micro Machines franchise and finally we have something relating to G. I. Joe. Last July, Codemasters; the same developer who developed the Micro Machines video game back in 1991, developed a mobile game for iOS. An upgrade featuring G. I. Joe and Cobra vehicles came out this month and finally arrived on Android today.

As stated above, the game features several G. I. Joe franchise related vehicles based off on the Micro Machine toys of the 80s. The list includes (but not limited to) Cobra H.I.S.S. Tank, G. I. Joe Rolling Thunder, Cobra Rage, G. I. Joe MoBaT, G. I. Joe A.W.E. Striker, G. I. Joe  Killer Whale and the Cobra Stun. The game also features a G. I. Joe themed tournament and a track.

Of course you can’t grab the G. I. Joe vehicles right away. This EA–Chillingo game is simply littered with micro-transactions (Ha! Micro Machines and Micro-Transactions). It features a blind bag opening session where the player is required to collect all 4 parts of a vehicle before unlocking it. To purchase the blind bags, the player must either use their own money or in-game currency which can be obtained by completing daily goals.

You can download the game from the following links (free to download and play) and check out the trailer, images and more info, after the jump.

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HissTank member Atomichermit posted images from the G.I. Joe Battleground game he worked on while at DeNA. He designed 99% of all the artwork cards from the game. Read his own words below:

I drew around 115+ characters, and designed around 200+ more.
One of my main jobs was line artist, my line work had changed more than over the course of the time I was on the title, while earlier it was tight and a bit graphic, as time progressed, it became looser and a bit sketchy. Hence the variation in the style of line-work between the characters.

He also provided a link to his artwork: http://joshiart.blogspot.ca

Click the link below to see more of these wonderful sketches and post your thoughts.

G.I Joe Battleground Art

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T. J. Fixman, who is most famous for writing the story for the award-winning video game Ratchet & Clank has been hired by Hasbro to be a Creative Consultant at Hasbro Studios.

Mr. Fixman’s job is to build stories (or we call them ‘World Building’) for Hasbro’s Portfolio Brands (title usually refers to Transformers, Nerf, G. I. Joe, Monopoly and My Little Pony) across all platforms, including film, television and digital.

We wish him all the very best for his tasks ahead.