If you’re a fan of the Transformers series of movies and of foursquare-based gaming, you’ll like an app that was recently released by Paramount to promote the launch of Transformers 3 on Blu-Ray and DVD. Transformers 3 Battle Zone lets you deploy an army of Autobots or Decepticons to attack or defend nearby venues.

When you first join the game, you’re asked to choose a team, either Autobots or Decepticons. From there you can attack and (hopefully) take control of nearby venues — courtesy of the foursquare venue database — and protect them from the other team. You deploy a portion of your allotment of protoform soldiers to defend the venue while you’re away.

As you see some success in the game, you’ll be promoted and can trade your protoforms for more effective weapons like tanks and attack helicopters, all the way up to the supreme fighters, Primes. Additional challenges are announced occasionally on the Tranformers Facebook page. For example, anyone who takes over Willis Tower in Chicago today wins an extra 5,000 soldiers.

Foursquare users can optionally check in to venues directly from the app. There are also options for sharing to Facebook and Twitter.

Astute observers will notice a lot of similarities with Foursqwar, one of the earliest foursquare-based games. TF3 Battle Zone is essentially a white-labeled version of Foursqwar, built by the game’s original creators, UK-based Project Zebra.

TF3 Battle Zone is available for free on iPhone, Android, and even Facebook. Give it a try and let us know what you think in the comments.

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