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The Latest Breaking News from Splash Damage

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.

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

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.

9 months after cancelling Transformers: Reactivate, Splash Damage splits from Tencent and is now owned by private equity investors

9 months after cancelling Transformers: Reactivate, Splash Damage splits from Tencent and is now owned by private equity investors

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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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

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"

Gears of War: E-Day FAQ — Xbox Game Pass, story, and everything you need to know

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.

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Every game company that Tencent has invested in

Every game company that Tencent has invested in

A quick reference of how China's largest tech conglomerate has quietly expanded into videogames.

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