3 months after laying off a bunch of people, Splash Damage has become 'Splash Damage Group' and acquired another studio The world of business will never not mystify me. PC Gamer · Feb 26
2 months after being acquired by private equity, Splash Damage is making major layoffs so it can 'remain agile,' even though it hasn't released a game since 2020 Splash Damage split from Tencent following the cancellation of Transformers Reactivate, and was acquired by an unnamed private equity investor in September. PC Gamer · Nov 26, 2025
9 months after cancelling Transformers: Reactivate, Splash Damage splits from Tencent and is now owned by private equity investors I'm not sure this is better. PC Gamer · Sep 25, 2025
Xbox fans are compiling lists of all the Activision, Bethesda, and Microsoft games still missing from Xbox Game Pass — and it's pretty huge Microsoft's merged with Activision-Blizzard has been complete for a couple of years now almost, but activating Activision's back catalog on Xbox Game Pass has been a bit of a slow burn. Why? Let's analyse. Windows Central · Sep 8, 2025
Neglecting the mod scene is just 'silly', says dev whose team went from making mods to officially working on Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein: 'It's so short-sighted not to support it' Devs and publishers can only benefit from it. PC Gamer · Apr 3, 2025
Online Action Game 'Transformers: Reactivate' is Officially Canceled as Studio Reportedly Scales Down Splash Damage officially cancelled Transformers Reactivate years after the game was originally announced. Player One · Jan 9, 2025
Splash Damage says layoffs are likely as the Transformers game it announced in 2022 is cancelled Transformers: Reactivate was first revealed at The Game Awards in 2022, but nothing's been seen of it since. PC Gamer · Jan 9, 2025
After a Game Awards reveal followed by 2 years of nothing, multiplayer Transformers game canceled as devs focus on "other projects" like an open-world survival game "Unfortunately, despite every effort, a number of roles across the studio are now potentially at risk of redundancy" GamesRadar · Jan 8, 2025
Gears of War: E-Day FAQ — Xbox Game Pass, story, and everything you need to know Gears of War: E-Day is the next big game from Xbox's The Coalition, so here's everything we know so far. Windows Central · Jun 16, 2024
Every game company that Tencent has invested in A quick reference of how China's largest tech conglomerate has quietly expanded into videogames. PC Gamer · Aug 9, 2020