make preparations for the upcoming "Operation: Pillar", which will allow them to finally defeat their rivals and restore their home planet of Cybertron to its former glory, destroying all life on Earth in the process. Characters Character can be unlocked by pre-ordering the game from Amazon.com Character can be unlocked by pre-ordering the game from GameStop Character can be unlocked as a skin for the 3DS if the game is bought at Toys 'R Us Character can be unlocked as a deco in-game character for the Wii and/or DS if the game is bought at Target. Plot Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 The Autobot scout Bumblebee is sent somewhere in South America to plant Wheeljack's virus to a Decepticon transmitter that is listening to the Autobots' transmissions with NEST. Though he encounters heavy resistance from Decepticon forces, he ultimately prevails with the help of Optimus Prime and Sideswipe. Afterwards, the Autobots attempt to defend the city of Detroit from Decepticon forces led by the Constructicon Mixmaster. The Autobot weapon specialist Ironhide and medical officer Ratchet lead the defensive, with the former ultimately prevailing with the help of an experimental rocket launcher provided by Wheeljack, killing Mixmaster after a lengthy battle and chasing away the remaining Decepticons. Meanwhile, somewhere in South America, Sideswipe disappears during his mission to investigate Decepticon activity in a jungle, and Mirage is sent to investigate alongside Bumblebee. On the way to meet with him, Mirage encounters the vicious Decepticon second-in-command Starscream, who attacks him as he was about to cross a bridge, destroying it and injuring Mirage. Unable to transform or use his weapons, Mirage opts to sneak past the Decepticon troops instead, using his camouflage ability to make his way to a crashed NEST helicopter unobserved and get a supply drop containing weaponry. He then fights his way past the remaining Decepticons alongside Bumblebee, ultimately finding and rescuing Sideswipe, who reveals that the ruins he was investigating were built over an ancient Cybertronian space port; the Decepticons had already commenced the countdown for the launch of a docked spacecraft and, despite the Autobots' best efforts, it manages to take off. Elsewhere, the Decepticon Soundwave is ordered by Megatron to investigate a former Sector 7 base on an island. Aided by his minon Laserbeak, Soundwave fights his way through the Autobot troops guarding the base and retrieves information about a crash on the moon in the