Finishing off the trilogy with a bang and celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the original Beast Wars franchise, the War for Cybertron: Kingdom line took a new spin on both the Beast Wars and its famous time travelling theme. Waking up from stasis before 1984, the Autobots and Decepticons found themselves caught up in the Beast Wars where the Maximals and Predacons had been fighting over the AllSpark to right the wrongs the Transformers' battle had brought to their future timeline. Don’t expect to find out many tasty secrets, though! The above screen capture, from the opening, merely says “Surveillance,” while the rest tends to be stuff like “Autobots” or “Decepticons” or “WARNING.” And sometimes it’s just gibberish to fill space! The most spoilery Transformers spoilers of all In battle, Soundwave wielded the " Quantum Cutter" buzzsaw and a semi-auto " Super Annihilator Rifle" that comes equipped with two ammo mags. His active skill was "Sonic Shield":

A retool/redeco of Ravage, Steeljaw transforms into a robotic lion and is an accessory of Blaster, a redeco/retool of Voyager Soundwave. When the captive Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Sideswipe were brought before Soundwave in the Kaon Prison, Laserbeak swooped down and perched on his master's arm. It soon turned out, however, that Prime's team had allowed themselves to be captured so they could rescue Zeta Prime, and as they escaped and made their way through the prison, Laserbeak could be spotted lurking in the shadows, watching their progress, at three different locations. By the time Prime's group made it to Soundwave's laboratory, where Zeta Prime was being held Laserbeak had reunited with his master, and joined Soundwave in battling the Autobots. Laserbeak served as Soundwave's last line of defense in the clash, ejecting from his chest and screeching across the lab at high speeds, blasting laser bursts onto the Autobots below. He was eventually downed, however, and accompanied Soundwave in a hasty retreat, but not before Soundwave fatally wounded Zeta Prime. Transformers: War for Cybertron Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS) When the Core was located, it was found to have ruptured. Though the Decepticons attempted to seal the leak, the Autobots closed in, forcing Starscream to carry it away prematurely. Soundwave consulted Teletraan Alpha for instructions on how to repair it, learning that it could be done at a Plasma Energy Interface on Cybertron. When the Core was brought to the Proudstar's command tower, it was sent through the space bridge. Once it was repaired and reinstalled, the cyberforming continued. When the Autobots tried to obtain the Ferrotaxis, they faced off against Soundwave once again, defeating him. Though disappointed by his most loyal follower's defeat, Megatron noted it hardly mattered with regards to his plan. Transformers: Devastation Soundwave recorded a broadcast of Doctor Heath Blaisedale receiving an award from the President of the United States and reported it to Megatron. Megatron dubbed him a "King of Communication". Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun) Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity Voice actor:? (English)Soundwave toy features classic Transformers conversion from robot to cassette player mode in 19 steps, and comes with weapon accessories Later on, Soundwave teamed up with his future self, Soundblaster, and with Full-Tilt as the final defense against the Autobots before they reached Megatron and Galvatron. When the Autobots arrived, Soundblaster started by expressing dull surprise at how the Autobots managed to survive up until the current point. Soundwave continued, warning the Autobots that he would not let them stand in Megatron's way. Both the present and future versions of the Communications Officer we all know and love put up the best fight they could, but even with Full-Tilt's help, the Autobots overpowered them. Accessories: Missile launcher, missile, shoulder-cannon, blaster/blade, left & right gun pods, "Sideswipe" left forearm Soundwave commands an ever-growing legion of cassette troops to carry out tasks big and small. Stored within his signature chest compartment and called forth on Soundwave's whim with a push of a button, these miniature menaces are most commonly employed as spies for either the Decepticon cause or Soundwave's personal objectives, but are just as effective as warriors, and are entirely devoted to their master. They are also not Soundwave's only diminutive partners: as an Action Master, he is partnered with Wingthing. Megatron and Soundwave somehow slipped some code into Invasionauts II to hypnotise Raf into opening the GroundBridge so they could send Vehicons through. Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy! When Soundwave's plan to ambush the Autobots in The Wave went badly, he fired his remote-controlled hand at Bumblebee. The hand lodged in the scout's chest and later emerged when Bumblebee and Raf were asleep. Despite trying its best to kill Bumblebee, Soundwave's hand was strapped to a firework and shot high into the air. Starscream and Soundwave later scoured the desert for the missing hand and managed to find at least one finger. The Evil Shred

Accessories: "Concussion Blaster", "Sonic Cannon", "Charge Blaster" (all combine to form "Mega-Blaster")

In Uniend 610.23 Zeta, Ask Vector Prime Barricade scouted the outskirts of Tyger Pax, and engaged Autobots Just like his Generation One counterpart, he's able to eject one of his minions or Energon cubes out of his chest. He also includes three weapons compatible with the C.O.M.B.A.T. System, two of which are based on his classic sonic blaster and shoulder cannon, and all three can combine to form the "USW HF Sonic Compression Mega-Blaster". Compared to his contemporaries in the Siege line, Soundwave is absolutely slathered in 'battle damage' paint applications all over his body, and unless one does this carefully, any attempts to remove said paint will result in his design-origin paint details being removed as well. Decepticon Frenzy is a redeco of Decepticon Rumble while Ratbat is a retool/redeco of Laserbeak transforming into a robotic bat.