Wait... it isn't available globally already?

I'm playing this and there are LOADS of players... I just assumed it was already in general release. There are quite a few kiwis playing so I assumed Aussie had it too...

A few tips (note I don't pay for games so this applies to playing for free):
If you've played MCOC (I haven't) you will find this very similar and players are preferring this to MCOC in the global chat comments.
Ore 13 will be the resource you run out of the most as you move up in the game so don't throw it out or waste it. Story mode is the main way to get this at the moment.
The higher level bots take a LOT of ore to upgrade them.
Arena is great for getting crystals to top up your gold.
You will need to raid other people to get raid chips to buy sparks to upgrade your bots with.
You will need to complete daily quests to get specialised sparks (based on bots) to upgrade higher tiered bots with.
You can take lower level bots and forge them to your higher level bots to upgrade them. The bots used for forging disappear but you can get a respawn of the character from crystals.
There are alliances but I haven't seen much advantage to these teams yet. I've started my own just to get the alliance point character crystal so if anyone needs an alliance to join to get these too just let me know. Most of the alliances I've seen so far are full of kids so not my cup of tea.

The 3rd tier fight sequence for most of the characters is really nice animation.
Grimlock (not currently available to players) and windblade in particular have great animation for their top move.

At the moment I find the space bridge seems to be a little rigged as it "hops" the top prizes (eg energon - the credits you pay for) from the free crystals 98% of the time.