Having destroyed Optimus Prime, Megatron believes that his victory over the Maximals has been accomplished, until Prime's life is saved by a very unlikely source. The Maximals rush to save their ancestor, which means putting his spark into the body of Optimus Primal, thus upgrading him to “Optimal Optimus.“ In this state of vulnerability, Megatron orders the destruction of the Maximal base, thus forcing the Maximals to move into the Ark to forever protect their ancestors.

A year after assuming leadership of the Autobots, Rodimus Prime hosts an intergalactic sporting event, which falls victim to an attack, resulting in the abduction of Spike Witwicky, Kup, and Ultra Magnus. Rodimus is quick to blame the Decepticons, who are divided and weakened by the loss of their leader, Galvatron. But Galvatron's fellow reformatted Decepticons, Scourge and Cyclonus, may have found a way to restore their leader to power. The real culprit may be a new face, but one with a link to the histories of both Autobot and Decepticon, manipulating both sides to take their own revenge.

故事讲述两派来到地球后，因为发生了一些“事件”，导致双方外形大变（也解释了两系列风格不同的原因）。也由于这些“事件”，变形金刚要隐藏于人类社会之中。如何去平衡一切关系是擎天柱作为领袖将要面临的考验，本作品的标题也由此而来。 值得一提的是，本次两派领袖 擎天柱 和 威震天 的配音者是久违的梦幻组合：来自初代动画的 Peter Cullen 和 Frank Welker！他们在阔别电视版的变形金刚作品多年后，再次一起回来共演这双经典的死对头！

二十世纪九十年代，人类考古学家发现了远古时期坠落在地球的超光速钥匙，并无意中激活了它，但却导致一个名为宇宙大帝的邪恶变形金刚降临，企图吞噬地球的能量。宇宙大帝驱使以天灾为首的恐惧兽悄然而至，掀起一场空前的危机，绝境之中，蛰伏许久的巨无霸终觉醒，联合汽车人变形出发，擎天柱与擎天圣强强联手，与天灾领导的恐惧兽小队展开激战 。

A visit to Bumblebee's old Autobot base reveals a dangerous new enemy with an agenda of his own.

The Autobots return to Cyberton in order to restore their world to life with the Allspark, only to find the Decepticons lying in wait.

博派现在必须和极限动物并肩对抗狂派，狂派则与掠食金刚联手，拼命找寻下落不明的火种源。然而，黄金光碟却掌握在掠食金刚的手中，这款难以捉摸的文物不仅跟密卡登切身相关，还能赋予他强大的优势，用来压制死对头柯博文。这场最终之战将决定赛博坦的未来，究竟哪一派人马能胜出？

Anthony Ramos扮演男主，是一位不完美且脆弱的英雄，他曾犯过错，渴望在擎天柱的帮助下来救赎自己。Dominique Fishback将扮演女主。一部设定在1994年的纽…

博派现在必须和极限动物并肩对抗狂派，狂派则与掠食金刚联手，拼命找寻下落不明的火种源。然而，黄金光碟却掌握在掠食金刚的手中，这款难以捉摸的文物不仅跟密卡登切身相关，还能赋予他强大的优势，用来压制死对头柯博文。这场最终之战将决定赛博坦的未来，究竟哪一派人马能胜出？