In a rather hilarious turn of events, representatives of Activision have taken offence to the Hasbro design team, claiming that the files for Transformers: War for Cybertron and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron were missing. Over the weekend, we published a piece where it was speculated that those games could absolutely make a comeback, however, Activision was “not sure what hard drives they’re on in their building”.
However, as this headline has spread across the internet like wildfire – people closer to the Activision hard drives have made their own comments.
These headlines are wrong.
We have the code, it’s not lost and never was. pic.twitter.com/9Rr24FUlhb— Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey) August 1, 2023
This is fantastic news if only to quell the stomach-churning thought of the games being lost to time. It does, however, open the door to a new concern: Are they going to re-release the games now or not?
Others have also tapped into their local Activision resources to clarify the above and further cement the truth that these banger titles are not lost on a random USB in a long-forgotten drawer:
NEW – I asked Activision if War For/Fall of Cybertron were lost, they sent a Hasbro rep my way, who told me/Axios: "To clarify, comments that suggest Transformers games have been lost were made in error. We apologize to Activision and regret any confusion…. https://t.co/5xRANsNkfc
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) August 1, 2023
So it does appear that it isn’t simply a case of “He said, she said” – these files are absolutely present and accounted for. The only roadblock that persists is the awkward lack of a licensing deal for Activision to actually distribute the game – they lost their Hasbro license years ago. Maybe an agreement can be made on a piecemeal basis? Or can Hasbro secure whole ownership of some of these games for an eye-wateringly high fee?
Only time will tell. But at least for now, we can rest easy that the games aren’t just outright missing.
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Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views. Follow him on YouTube @Bad at Video Games
