Splash Damage, the studio behind Gears Tactics and Dirty Bomb, has announced that it’s canceling development of Transformers: Reactivate. As a result, the studio will lay off an unspecified number of its staff as it scales back its efforts.

Transformers: Reactivate was originally teased at The Game Awards 2022, only to never be heard from again. Yesterday, Splash Damage announced the sci-fi multiplayer shooter had been canceled, potentially resulting in cuts to the studio after Hasbro pulled out of the project.

Six minutes of developer Splash Damage's unreleased Transformers: Reactivate have leaked online following the studio's announcement it was ending development earlier this week. Transformers: Reactivate - an online action game for up to four players,

Transformers: Reactivate gameplay seems to have leaked following the announcement that the project was canceled yesterday. Footage of what appears to be the early-in-development Transformers third-person action game found its way to X/Twitter just hours after developer Splash Damage revealed it had made the decision to “end development” for the project.