Transformers godfather Simon Furman: Rolling out on his first video game

Simon Furman has been involved with Transformers since the brand turned from a Japanese toy into a Western phenomenon in the 1980s. He started on the fan-favorite British run of Marvel’s original Transformers comics, joining the U.S. books later in their run. He wrote stories for later Dreamwave and the acclaimed rebirth of the comics for IDW.

But he’s never written for a Transformers video game before. “Though I, along with Andrew Wildman, had some involvement in the Atari Transformers: Armada game that was released in 2004, creating an in-pack comic book — based on the gameplay — for its U.K. release,” Furman said in an email interview.