Ahead of tomorrow's release date, Activision have dropped the obligatory launch trailer for the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron -- High Moon Studio's anticipated follow-up t the well-received War for Cybertron.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron allows players to experience the darkest hours of the war between the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS as they vie for control of their dying home world. Fans will fight through both sides of the Transformers’ most epic battles that culminate in their legendary exodus from Cybertron. With the stakes higher and scale bigger than ever, players will embark on an action-packed journey through massive, war-torn environments designed around each character’s unique abilities and alternate forms, including GRIMLOCK’s nearly indestructible T-Rex form and the legendary COMBATICONS combining into the colossal BRUTICUS.

Without spoiling anything, it looks like the Transformers poor old metallic homeworld is in for a lot more punishment this time around; global warming aint got nuthin' on a robot war.

Watch the trailer below (or here in our HD video library). Transformers: Fall of Cybertron lands on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Australia, tomorrow, August 22nd 2012.