Splash Damage confirms it has acquiredBattalion 1944developer Bulkhead Interactive, its collaborator forTransformers Reactivate. It has been a very big week forSplash Damage. The team responsible forDirty Bomb,Gears Tactics, andWolfenstein: Enemy Territoryannounced its new project,Transformers Reactivate, during The Game Awards 2022. But Splash Damage hasn’t madeTransformers Reactivatealone, and it’s now acquiring the team it’s been working with.Bulkhead Interactive is a first-person shooter-focused team best known for its work withpublisher Square Enix. Those games include the 2019 multiplayer shooterBattalion 1944and the first-person puzzle gameThe Turing Test. Other games that Bulkhead has worked on includePromodandWardogs, both first-person shooters. Unfortunately, Bulkhead made the news in 2022 for failing to deliver PS4 and Xbox One versions ofBattalion 1944despite selling them as part of a Kickstarter project.RELATED:Battalion 1944 Kickstarted, Medal of Honor and Call of Duty ThrowbackThis past week, Splash DamageunveiledTransformers Reactivateduring The Game Awards. As part of the announcement, Splash Damage confirmed that it was collaborating with Bulkhead Interactive on the project. A day after the show, Bulkhead shared on Twitter that it had been acquired by Splash Damage and was excited to “show the world what we’re capable of with the right partner.” Bulkhead is continuing to work onTransformers Reactivategoing forward.
Transformers Reactivateis a 1-4 player online co-op game where players will experience a world that has already been taken over by The Legion. Players will get to play as some of theirfavoriteTransformerscharactersand will be able to transform between vehicles and bot form.Transformers Reactivatehas been confirmed for release on PC and consoles, with a closed beta planned for 2023 but no final release window yet announced.
There are certainly questions regarding the timeline of Bulkhead Interactive failing to meet its promises regardingBattalion 1944’s console versions and its work onTransformers Reactivate. Kickstarter backers that never received their keys will have hopefully received their refunds now, but are certain to be frustrated by the situation. Bulkhead’s likely frustrated by the situation, too, judging by its comment on now having the “right partner,” which comes across as an insult toward Square Enix.
Bulkhead ended its relationship with Square EnixonBattalion 1944in August. Four months later, Bulkhead has now been acquired by Splash Damage and is working on a massive licensed multiplayer game. Regardless of the situation that led to this, which is likely rife with unfortunate circumstances, here’s hoping that the team is able to put its experience to effect withTransformers Reactivate.
Transformers Reactivateis in development for PC and console.
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