In January 2025, Transformers: Reactivate, the first new triple-A Transformers game since 2011, was canceled two years after its big Game Awards reveal. Fast forward two more years to today, and a previously unseen trailer for Reactivate has leaked, showing just how far along the Transformers game was when it got canned.

After almost two years of radio silence, the trailer has appeared out of nowhere, shared by Nem - TFR Archives on Twitter. The trailer is prefaced with a message from Nem noting that they believe, due to when it was created, the trailer was an investment pitch put together after Tencent pulled funding on the project as Splash Damage sought out another publisher. Reactivate was canceled three months after the leaked trailer was made.

It shows a very different Reactivate from the one Transformers fans thought they were going to get. The game was originally supposed to be a free-to-play multiplayer title. However, this new trailer shows off a campaign with a story that can be played through alone, or in online co-op.

Optimus Prime - voiced, but seemingly not by the late Peter Cullen - stars in the trailer, revealing that the Autobots must fight back against the Legion to save the galaxy. Optimus does so alongside Bumblebee and Ironhide, and we’re even shown them recruiting Megatron to their cause, who also appears to have been a playable character.

The trailer doesn’t only show CGI and cinematics, but also gameplay, and it all looks pretty great.

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