It is confirmed that Peter Cullen and Frank Welker will be playing the voices for Optimus Prime and Megaton for the upcoming Transformer: The Game. Check out the official press release below. Also the official TF game website has been majorly updated, including a VERY cool video of Peter Cullen and Frank Welker in "Game behinds the scenes" that is not to be missed out on.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

PETER CULLEN AND FRANK WELKER REPRISE ROLES OF

OPTIMUS PRIME AND MEGATRON IN TRANSFORMERS: THE GAME

Santa Monica, CA – April 6, 2007 – Legendary voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, the original voices of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON from the first TRANSFORMERS animated series, are set to star as the lead characters in TRANSFORMERS: The Game, from Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), developed under license from HPG, the licensing division of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS).     

“As TRANSFORMERS fans, we knew the importance of having the well-known voices of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON in the game,” said Laird Malamed, head of production, Activision, Inc.  “Peter and Frank's signature voices bring the characters to life and will immerse a whole new generation of enthusiasts in the epic battle between the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS.”

Based on “TRANSFORMERS,” the upcoming live-action feature film due out on July 4thTRANSFORMERS: The Game lets players choose to protect the Earth as AUTOBOTS or destroy it as DECEPTICONS.  Playing as OPTIMUS PRIME, BUMBLEBEE, MEGATRON, BARRICADE and others, gamers will experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite ROBOTS IN DISGUISE as they battle for Earth.  from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro,