According to Kotaku, Jagex, the development team behind free-to-play MMO RuneScape, is set to develop a Transformers MMO, given the official blessing from licence holder Hasbro.

"Hasbro's decision to align with Jagex speaks to the quality of their award-winning development and publishing team that boasts an outstanding track record of delivering innovative and fun online games capable of reaching millions of gamers across the globe,' said March Blecher, senior vice president and general manager of digital gaming and media at Hasbro. "We are extremely excited to create a dream team that combines Transformers brand stewards with Jagex development experts to deliver an epic Transformers gaming experience to fans in 2012."

Little else is known about the project; not even which generation the game will adopt as its basis. But Game Console will watch this development with interest.