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News Credits: 4683 · by **william-james88** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:12 pm

We thank RotorstormNZ for letting us know of a press release from Splash Damage for the upcoming Transformers Reactive page. A few other points to get to before the press release:

- some images have popped up on Twitter with rumours of being the game's leaked designs but there is no confirmation at the moment: https://twitter.com/ROTBTrailer/status/ ... 1685274624

- also on Twitter, someone decoded the cybertronian text in the trailer: https://twitter.com/CodenameVODID/statu ... 2133856257

- while the trailer is from a first person point of view, and hopefully a trailer is meant to give some impression of the game and what it entails (to create some hype), it being first person is not part of the game's description

- The thumbnail is an image of Shockwave that comes from the trailer

SPLASH DAMAGE ANNOUNCES TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE
World Exclusive Reveal at The Game Awards Offers a First Look at a Brand-New TRANSFORMERS Video Game

London, United Kingdom (December 8, 2022) – Splash Damage, the developers behind Dirty Bomb, Gears Tactics, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, today announced TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE, a 1-4 player online action game, being developed in collaboration with Hasbro, Inc. This PC & Console co-op game will offer players an opportunity to explore a fresh, new story within the TRANSFORMERS universe.

The Game Awards saw the World Exclusive Reveal of TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE, offering fans a glimpse of what they can expect with a cinematic trailer. The gravest threat to humanity has arrived. And it’s already won. Earth is no longer ours; it belongs to them. All we have left is our hope for the Autobots, as we salvage them from the rubble left behind.

TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE will offer players a chance to immerse themselves in the TRANSFORMERS universe like never before. They will get to play as some of their favourite characters; unique, weighty, and powerful, seamlessly converting between vehicle and bot form as they battle The Legion; the greatest threat the Autobots have ever faced.

Richard Jolly, CEO of Splash Damage, says, “Growing up with G1 TRANSFORMERS in the ’80s means it'll always hold a special place in my heart, it's both an honour and a privilege to work with such a beloved franchise. We know fans have been waiting a long time for a new TRANSFORMERS game on consoles and pc, and we're going to give them the experience they deserve.”

TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE marks a new era for Splash Damage and is being developed & published exclusively by the London-based group. As part of this new era, Splash Damage recently acquired BULKHEAD and have been developing TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE in collaboration with the Derby-based studio. The 500+ people strong development & publishing teams at Splash Damage and BULKHEAD are expanding rapidly and TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE is one of several original titles currently in development at the studios.

Eugene Evans, SVP of Business Development & Digital Licensing, at Hasbro, says, “Fans have been eagerly awaiting a new game that immerses them into our iconic TRANSFORMERS universe. We’re thrilled to share a first look on one of gaming’s biggest nights. Splash Damage has an amazing track record with some of the world’s most famous IP’s and have a strong creative passion for the TRANSFORMERS brand. We’re confident that TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE will be hugely popular with the TRANSFORMERS community and continues the Hasbro Blueprint 2.0 strategy of creating first-class branded entertainment across diverse categories and platforms including video games.”

TRANSFORMERS: REACTIVATE will be available for PC and consoles. With the Closed Beta planned for 2023, players can sign up right now at http://www.playTFR.com for future updates.

by **SpaceEagle** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:31 pm

Still very exciting to see more of this game, that Shockwave design looks quite interesting.

by **Stormshot_Prime** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:39 pm

The past 10 years have not been kind to PC Transformers titles it would seem. Let’s hope this one fares better!

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 6:58 pm

Trailer really got me, the post-apocalyptic setting coupled with the new cover of Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive" is really good and really fun to watch. I am intrigued.

And if that Bee concept art is what we are seeing in the game, that is extra awesome!

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:29 pm

So a bit of this was in that press release, but Splash Damage are also responsible for and/or were involved with the following, based on a quick google search:
-multiplayer for Return to Castle Wolfenstein
-Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
-multiplayer for Doom 3
-Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
-Dirty Bomb
-Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
-multiplayer for Gears of War 4 & 5
-the PC version of Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Just based off that, this should be a good multiplayer shooter, making those is Splash Damage's bread-and-butter. Whether it's a good TF game, that remains to be seen.

Also, because of these:

RotorstormNZ wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:What would work best would be a hybrid approach where you go third person for vehicle mode

I'd love the option to change (hehe) the camera - based on the trailer I'm inclined to think it's at least first-person.

Mind you it's all moot for me as my PC likely won't run it and my wife and I are still on the last gen of console!

bluecatcinema wrote:Those graphics are fantastic.

CINEMATIC REVEAL TRAILERS ARE NEVER INDICATIVE OF THE CONTENT OF THE ACTUAL GAME, DO NOT TAKE THEM AS PROOF OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE GAME EXISTING AND THE GENERAL CONCEPT

Unless they blatantly say what they're showing is in-game footage or a cutscene rendered using the in-game engine, then it's safe to assume what they're showing is gonna look better and/or different from the real game because they paid to make a fancy cinematic. Most companies these days don't start showing that kind of real footage until at least the second time they take a game to an event like this (or the first time, if the game wasn't announced at an event).

by **SykDealer** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:35 pm

I wonder if this "Legion" is something new or if they're a different take on the Quintessons. Some of those aliens looked a lot like the tantacly Quintesson things from Cyberverse. Either way, it's nice to see the Transformers and humans together in darker, grounded scenarios. It annoys me so much when the human characters don't or can't join in when the action starts. Hate on the live action films all you want, but those scenes where the military and the Autobots fight together in DOTM kick ass! :michaelbay:

News Credits: 6 · by **RotorstormNZ** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 1:36 pm

SykDealer wrote:I wonder if this "Legion" is something new or if they're a different take on the Quintessons.

If these leaked cutscenes are from Reactivate then no. These narrative clips suggest Legion is almost a virus.

Starscream (Steve Blum with Jon Bailey as Prime): https://youtu.be/3SNPV8wbDGE

Ratchet (anyone recognise his voice?): https://youtu.be/wr7GbdumzyU

News Credits: 98 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:51 pm

RotorstormNZ wrote:
SykDealer wrote:I wonder if this "Legion" is something new or if they're a different take on the Quintessons.

If these leaked cutscenes are from Reactivate then no. These narrative clips suggest Legion is almost a virus.

Starscream (Steve Blum with Jon Bailey as Prime): https://youtu.be/3SNPV8wbDGE

Ratchet (anyone recognise his voice?): https://youtu.be/wr7GbdumzyU

Oh God, so the

and

must band together with the humans to fight against "The Borgs" or something. The story looks EPIC! But it will be all for naught if the game is online multiplayer only that consist of either deathmatches, or mowing waves of ennemies à la Wireframe or something.

Please, game, have at least an epic 20 hours single player campaign with heavy story elements! :PRAY:

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 3:36 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
RotorstormNZ wrote:
SykDealer wrote:I wonder if this "Legion" is something new or if they're a different take on the Quintessons.

If these leaked cutscenes are from Reactivate then no. These narrative clips suggest Legion is almost a virus.

Starscream (Steve Blum with Jon Bailey as Prime): https://youtu.be/3SNPV8wbDGE

Ratchet (anyone recognise his voice?): https://youtu.be/wr7GbdumzyU

Oh God, so the and must band together with the humans to fight against "The Borgs" or something. The story looks EPIC! But it will be all for naught if the game is online multiplayer only that consist of either deathmatches, or mowing waves of ennemies à la Wireframe or something.

Please, game, have at least an epic 20 hours single player campaign with heavy story elements!

I'm not saying no, just don't get your hopes up. I too want epic single player action but best to play it safe.

News Credits: 98 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:01 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:I'm not saying no, just don't get your hopes up. I too want epic single player action but best to play it safe.

Oh I know way too well how trailers and "leaks" works....

by **MaximalNui** » Mon Dec 12, 2022 5:01 pm

SykDealer wrote:I wonder if this "Legion" is something new or if they're a different take on the Quintessons. Some of those aliens looked a lot like the tantacly Quintesson things from Cyberverse. Either way, it's nice to see the Transformers and humans together in darker, grounded scenarios. It annoys me so much when the human characters don't or can't join in when the action starts. Hate on the live action films all you want, but those scenes where the military and the Autobots fight together in DOTM kick ass!

Well, there's already a Unicron-related Legion in Transformers, which also involved infecting/fusing with other machines and beings. It's just...not one fans like to remember. :SICK:

Anyway, I really like this concept! It's a completely new idea for Transformers, and I always like when we explore and enrich more of their universe beyond Cybertron and Earth. If the toy rumours are true, I hope we get figures of the Legion units themselves.

The multiplayer aspect, however, does nothing for me. Hopefully we actually have a solo story mode.

Also, anyone else notice this?

News Credits: 6 · by **RotorstormNZ** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 3:01 pm

MaximalNui wrote:Also, anyone else notice this?

I didn't. That's excellent.

News Credits: 6 · by **RotorstormNZ** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 3:41 pm

Twitter has been a-flutter with potential leaks for the recently-announced PC and console game Transformers: Reactivate.

“Transformers Reactivate News” (@TFR_News) has shared a “gallery screen” which may be character selection for the game. The tweet is here: https://twitter.com/tfr_news/status/160 ... 1k6UR4l5ow. This gallery shows seven Transformers in robot mode with smaller images of the alternate forms. Characters featured are Starscream, Slipstream, “Hotrod”, Soundwave, Sunstreaker, Ironhide and Windblade. The fliers’ altmodes are very Cybertronian in design whilst the other bots and cons have vehicle modes more akin to Earth vehicles (including an off-road 4X4 truck Soundwave).

A video by RoboGamer1HD is also doing the rounds where the YouTuber talks about what we’ve seen and heard both officially and unofficially, and hypothesizing about the beta. This video includes glimpses of gameplay footage which indicates the game uses a third-person view rather than the first-person seen in the announcement trailer. The video is here:

Another Twitter account, “Is Transformers Rise of the Beasts Trailer 2 out?” (@ROTBTrailer), has shared screenshots of the gameplay footage from RoboGamer’s video from 2018 here: https://twitter.com/rotbtrailer/status/ ... l2JArcjztA. Another tweet from the same account (https://twitter.com/rotbtrailer/status/ ... 1k6UR4l5ow) suggests the game‘s development started with Certain Affinity in 2017 before moving to current developer Splash Damage. The poster is adamant all leaks confirm that Reactivate is a third-person perspective game.

One can only hope more official reveals are coming and, for this fan at least, that we see toys based on these designs!

by **SpaceEagle** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:42 pm

These designs look very slick, very excited to see more of this game. :-?

News Credits: 98 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:45 pm

SpaceEagle wrote:These designs look very slick, very excited to see more of this game.

I'm not exited at all for the game itself. But if they ever make Generations toys out of these designs, I'd be all over them.

by **SpaceEagle** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 3:46 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
SpaceEagle wrote:These designs look very slick, very excited to see more of this game.

I'm not exited at all for the game itself. But if they ever make Generations toys out of these designs, I'd be all over them.

Heh, fair! But yeah, the toys are definitely something I'm looking forward to as well!

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 5:16 pm

What type of game is this? Please don't say first-person shooter....

News Credits: 98 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:41 pm

First-Aid wrote:What type of game is this? Please don't say first-person shooter....

It's right in the title.

And I bet that will be some sort of Overwatch clone full of predatory microtransactions.
I expect that game to be a steaming pile of hot garbage but if we can get Generations toys out of it, all will be forgiven.

News Credits: 6 · by **RotorstormNZ** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:43 pm

First-Aid wrote:What type of game is this? Please don't say first-person shooter....

The teaser suggests first-person, but the leaks all seem to confirm third-person. Hopefully it won't be long until we find out officially.

I need toys of these guys and girls. Soundwave in particular is a very cool take on the design, IMO.

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:08 pm

RotorstormNZ wrote:
First-Aid wrote:What type of game is this? Please don't say first-person shooter....

The teaser suggests first-person, but the leaks all seem to confirm third-person. Hopefully it won't be long until we find out officially.

I need toys of these guys and girls. Soundwave in particular is a very cool take on the design, IMO.

Heres hoping. There actually is a significant percentage of the population that gets severe motion sickness with FPS games, myself included. As niche as this game is, they should minimize the loss of sales if possible.

News Credits: 98 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:34 pm

First-Aid wrote:
RotorstormNZ wrote:
First-Aid wrote:What type of game is this? Please don't say first-person shooter....

The teaser suggests first-person, but the leaks all seem to confirm third-person. Hopefully it won't be long until we find out officially.

I need toys of these guys and girls. Soundwave in particular is a very cool take on the design, IMO.

Heres hoping. There actually is a significant percentage of the population that gets severe motion sickness with FPS games, myself included. As niche as this game is, they should minimize the loss of sales if possible.

I bet a buck that you'll barf using a VR set.

News Credits: 6 · by **RotorstormNZ** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 9:31 pm

First-Aid wrote:Heres hoping. There actually is a significant percentage of the population that gets severe motion sickness with FPS games, myself included. As niche as this game is, they should minimize the loss of sales if possible.

In his video RoboGaming1HD explicitly states several times that material he has seen from as far back as 2017 consistently describes this as a third-person shooter. "Anyone claiming the game is an FPS is very much wrong. The game is in third-person perspective very similar to the looks of Transformers: War for Cybertron and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron by High Moon Studios."

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 9:48 pm

RotorstormNZ wrote:
First-Aid wrote:Heres hoping. There actually is a significant percentage of the population that gets severe motion sickness with FPS games, myself included. As niche as this game is, they should minimize the loss of sales if possible.

In his video RoboGaming1HD explicitly states several times that material he has seen from as far back as 2017 consistently describes this as a third-person shooter. "Anyone claiming the game is an FPS is very much wrong. The game is in third-person perspective very similar to the looks of Transformers: War for Cybertron and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron by High Moon Studios."

I love you

News Credits: 6 · by **RotorstormNZ** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 9:49 pm

First-Aid wrote:I love you

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 9:50 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
First-Aid wrote:
RotorstormNZ wrote:
First-Aid wrote:What type of game is this? Please don't say first-person shooter....

The teaser suggests first-person, but the leaks all seem to confirm third-person. Hopefully it won't be long until we find out officially.

I need toys of these guys and girls. Soundwave in particular is a very cool take on the design, IMO.

Heres hoping. There actually is a significant percentage of the population that gets severe motion sickness with FPS games, myself included. As niche as this game is, they should minimize the loss of sales if possible.

I bet a buck that you'll barf using a VR set.

Yes I have