Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark with their own recharge time after each use. "Transformers: Rise of The Dark Spark" has an extra mode called "Escalation". It is an online multiplayer mode where four players fend off waves of increasingly tough enemies, returned with the addition of upgradable defenses. The mode features over forty playable characters, and has levels based on both Cybertron and Earth. Escalation mode is absent in the Wii U and 3DS versions of the game. In addition, experience points collected by players in both single and multiplayer will be shared. "Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark" is a crossover with the "Transformers"
The Transformers: Spotlight by Megatron. Ramjet was introduced in the New Avengers/Transformers crossover <ref name="new avenger/transformers 2"></ref> with his Spotlight taking place concurrently with "Escalation". "Arcee" takes place concurrently with issue 5 of "", with Prime pulling the Autobots from Earth as a direct result of what happened in that issue. "Arcee" also acts as a sequel to "Optimus Prime", picking up on many themes introduced in that story, such as the fate of the Monster Pretenders and the introduction of Jhiaxus. "Grimlock" follows up on both Grimlock being recovered by Skywatch and the Machination plotline in "Devastation", as well as acting as