Splash Damage is a game developer that’s managed to work on some of the biggest sci-fi franchises in gaming like Halo and Gears of War, and thanks to the Game Awards, they’ve just revealed their next incoming title based on another piece of huge IP.
Here’s the official reveal for Transformers: Reactivate:
While the Transformers franchise has always been about the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, this game will now bring in a new threat called The Legion who seems to be a mix of the villains in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel and Justice League.
We don’t have a reveal on which Transformers will appear in the game yet, but the game does promise, ‘some of their favourite characters; unique, weighty, and powerful, seamlessly converting between vehicle and bot form.’
With the Transformers franchise remaining to be a powerhouse IP in the box office, it’s only natural that we should get some AAA games based on the characters—which fans have been clamouring for for years. Though past Transformers games may lean in on the more cartoonish side of the property, I think that Splash Games could be working on something more serious for Reactivate.
Though Bumblebee may have been a smaller film that the usual ‘Bayformers’ movies, I think the upcoming Rise of the Beasts will get fans riled up once again for Robots in Disguise. Let’s hope Reactivate manages to do its namesake for interest of Transformers games when it launches.
No release date has been set for Transformers: Reactivate, but fingers crossed we get a launch for all major consoles sometime in 2023.
