Freed from the need to wrap around a blockbuster movie, with all the deadlines therefore associated with it, it's not just us that's hoping for good things from Activision's upcoming Transformers: War For Cybertron game.

Given that the movie tie-in games have been uniformly shit, the idea of a standalone adventure for the robots in disguise is very welcome, although it's saddling War For Cybertron for a fair amount of expectation.

So how's it shaping up? Activision has released a brand new gameplay trailer for the title, which attempts to answer that question. You certainly get a solid flavour of the visuals here, and it's good to hear that another deep-voiced man is being kept in work too.

There's no firm release date for the game yet, although we do know that it's arriving this year on PC, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. We'll keep you posted, and for now, enjoy the trailer...