A leaked trailer for Transformers: Reactivate shows off the only lick of gameplay we’ll likely ever see of the cancelled co-op action game
A leaked internal trailer offers a rare glimpse of Transformers: Reactivate, a co-op action game that Splash Damage announced in 2022 and cancelled in 2025. The footage suggests the project had changed direction before its cancellation, but the game will not be released, leaving the trailer as a record of work players cannot try.
The game was initially described as a free-to-play live-service title for one to four players; by the time of the trailer, it reportedly had become a premium game with a solo or online co-op story campaign. The footage shows shooting and driving, including combat while driving, but little transforming. The person who shared it believes it was made around October or November 2024 as a pitch to other publishers after Tencent withdrew funding, though that explanation has not been confirmed.
In short
- A leaked trailer shows the cancelled Transformers: Reactivate in action.
- The project reportedly shifted to a premium story game.
- Footage features shooting and driving, with little transforming.
Explained simply
Transformers: Reactivate was a video game based on the Transformers franchise, in which robots can change into vehicles. UK studio Splash Damage announced it in 2022 as a co-operative action game for up to four players, but cancelled it in 2025.
The project reportedly shifted from a free-to-play game designed for ongoing updates to a paid campaign playable alone or with others. The leaked footage shows shooting and driving, with little of the transforming that defines the franchise. It offers a glimpse of how the game may have changed, but the cancellation means players will not be able to try it.
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