Transformers: Reactivate Gameplay Footage Leaks After Game’s Cancellation

Summary

• Leaked gameplay footage of the canceled Transformers: Reactivate has resurfaced online.
• The co-op game, announced in 2022 by Splash Damage, was ultimately canceled.

Previously leaked gameplay footage from the canceled Transformers: Reactivate has re-emerged online. Announced in 2022 by Splash Damage in partnership with Hasbro, Transformers: Reactivate was envisioned as a multiplayer game featuring Generation 1 Autobots and Decepticons uniting against an alien threat to Earth. However, following limited public appearances and a few leaks, Splash Damage announced the game's cancellation, shifting focus to other projects. Some staff may face redundancies as a result.

Shortly after the cancellation, leaked footage from a 2020 build of Transformers: Reactivate circulated, offering a glimpse into its potential gameplay. The footage showcases Bumblebee navigating a ruined city, seamlessly transforming between robot and vehicle modes, and utilizing various weapons. The gameplay style bears resemblance to Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, but instead of Decepticons, Bumblebee battles an alien force known as "the Legion."

Transformers: Reactivate Gameplay Footage Resurfaces

Despite some missing textures, the leaked footage presents a polished look, including environmental destruction as Bumblebee drives through a forest. An unfinished cutscene concludes the clip, showing Bumblebee emerging from a portal in New York City and communicating with an ally named Devin about the Legion's attacks.

Numerous other leaks from 2020, predating the game's official announcement and subsequent cancellation, have also surfaced. While Transformers: Reactivate will remain unplayed, the leaked footage provides a look at Splash Damage's ambitious, yet ultimately unrealized, Transformers multiplayer project.

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