Wreckreation maker Three Fields Entertainment puts whole studio on redundancy notice

Three Fields Entertainment, which was founded by the makers of Burnout and which recently launched the open world driving game Wreckreation, has notified its entire staff that they are at risk of redundancy.

CEO Fiona Sperry broke the news in a post on LinkedIn. The studio released Wreckreation in October, but Sperry said that Three Fields “will not see revenue from game sales for the foreseeable future.” The Steam player count for Wreckreation peaked at 199 in October, according to SteamDB.

Although the game was published by THQ Nordic, Sperry said that Three Fields had resorted to self-funding for “most of this year,” including putting up money to support post-launch content.

“Without the enthusiasm or financial support from our publisher to continue development, we simply cannot sustain the studio in its current form. Making this decision has been unbelievably painful,” Sperry wrote.

“This is a heartbreaking moment for all of us. What makes it even harder is that we have so many things in the pipeline – multiple features, updates, and creative ideas that we were excited to bring to the game, many of which are showcased in the video we’re sharing today. These are things we genuinely believed would have continued to strengthen Wreckreation and grow its community.

“My hope is that by showing this work publicly, someone out there might also see that potential and perhaps an opportunity could still emerge. But even if that hope does not materialise, we want this to stand as a testament to our vision and to the strength, passion, and skill of our tiny team. I truly believe in the potential of this game and in the brilliance of the people who built it.”

Three Fields Entertainment was founded in Hampshire in 2014 by Fiona Sperry and Alex Ward. The pair had previously co-founded Burnout maker Criterion, with Ward in the creative director role for most of the games in the Burnout series.

Three Fields’ previous games include Dangerous Golf, Lethal Zone, and Danger Zone.