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Transformers: Reactivate, the Autobot action game from the Gears Tactics devs, has been cancelledLayoffs very likely to happen, say Splash Damage
Layoffs very likely to happen, say Splash Damage
Image credit:Tencent
Image credit:Tencent
Gears Tacticsand Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory developers Splash Damage have cancelled Transformers: Reactivate, the Hasbro action game they announced in 2022. They will also be “scaling down to refocus our efforts on other projects”, and “a number of roles across the studio are now potentially at risk of redundancy”.
There’s been little to share about Transformers: Reactivate sincereveal, but the first cinematic trailer (below) paints the picture of a more soulful and seemingly, first-person action game in which the Autobots (good guy Transformers) fight a “Legion” of invading aliens. It would have supported co-op and yes, you would have been able to switch between bot and vehicular forms.
TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE Official Announce Trailer | The Game AwardsWatch on YouTube
TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE Official Announce Trailer | The Game Awards
The trailer vibe suggests a grimmer experience than you’d generally get from Transformers, with apocalyptic urban scenes filmed at pedestrian level, and in-game technology that reminds me of Gears Of War. Speaking as a fan of Splash Damage’s adaptation work with Gears Tactics, I approve of all this. Shortly after announcement, a social media userleaked screens of a 2018 development buildwhich include several possible playable characters, straddling the Autobot and Decepticon (bad guy Transformers) divide: Starscream, Slipstream, Hotrod, Soundwave, Sunstreaker, Ironhide and Windblade.
Transformers aside, Splash Damage are currently known to be working onProject Astrid, an open world survival shooter set in an original universe, with input from streamers Sacriel and shroud.
A few game developers have reacted to the Transformers: Reactivate cancellation on social media. “I enjoyed my time working on this, my heart goes out to all the talented Devs at splash & bulkhead working on this,“wroteIdreece Hadi, Cloud Imperium level designer and former Bulkhead game designer. “I hope you all get something in this troubling time, hopefully soon the industry gets some positive news this is terrible.”
