Activision losing Transformers games comments an "error," Hasbro says

Hasbro's recent comments regarding Activision having lost a number of Transformers games "were made in error," TrueAchievements has been told. [updated]

Tom West

Published 31 Jul 2023

Earlier this week during an interview with Transformers World, a Hasbro spokesperson claimed that Activision is "not sure what hard drives" a number of Transformers games are on, and that they hope Microsoft will find them following its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Hasbro has now said that the comments "were made in error" and has apologized to Activision.

In a statement provided to TrueAchievements, a Hasbro spokesperson said: “To clarify, comments that suggest Transformers games have been lost were made in error. We apologize to Activision and regret any confusion; they’ve been great partners, and we look forward to future opportunities to work together.”

Original Story
According to Hasbro, "Activision's not sure what hard drives" contain a number of delisted Transformers games, and the company hopes that following Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it will search through the archives so the lost titles can be added to Xbox Game Pass.

Hasbro calls for Microsoft to find missing Transformers games

Currently, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Devastation, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, Transformers: The Game, and Transformers: War for Cybertron are all delisted on the Xbox Store, for both Xbox 360 and Xbox One. While a few of the games are direct movie tie-ins and could be subject to various licensing agreements with Paramount, Hasbro would like to bring many of the games back to the store for players.

When speaking with Transformers World during SDCC 223, Hasbro said: "Sadly, apparently Activision’s not sure what hard drives they’re on in their building. When a company eats a company that eats a company, things get lost, and that’s very frustrating. Hope is that now that the deal is moving forward with Microsoft and Xbox, that they’ll go through all of the archives and every hard drive to find it all, because it’s an easy Game Pass add. We want those games back up for people to have a chance to play."

We agree with Hasbro, we'd love to see these Transformers titles on our list of all the games coming to Game Pass.

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Written by Tom West

Tom has been playing video games since he was old enough to hold a controller, experimenting with a number of systems until he eventually fell in love with Xbox. With a passion for the platform, he decided to make a career out of it, and now happily spends his days writing about that which he loves. If he’s not hunting for Xbox achievements, you’ll likely find him somewhere in The Elder Scrolls Online or fighting for survival in Battlefield.