Wreckreation developer Three Fields Entertainment has put its entire team on redundancy notice, with its CEO claiming that the studio is unsustainable in its current form.
In a post on LinkedIn (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz), CEO Fiona Sperry says that Three Fields “will not see revenue from game sales for the foreseeable future”, and that Wreckreation publisher THQ Nordic isn’t providing support for the studio to continue working on the game.
As a result, Sperry says she and her team “simply cannot sustain [Three Fields] in its current form”, and that despite the work the developer has put into Wreckreation since it launched in October, Three Fields now faces a “stark reality”.
As part of the LinkedIn post, Sperry includes a sizzle reel of “features, updates, and creative ideas” that Three Fields was planning to bring to Wreckreation in the future.
She says she hopes that the reel might provide an “opportunity” in the form of another publisher who sees the “potential” of what the team was trying to build with the racing sandbox, but that even if this doesn’t happen, the video will “stand as a testament” to Three Fields’ “vision”.
Although Wreckreation likely won’t receive any further updates in future, there is one more planned before Christmas which will bring crossplay to the game, ensuring that you can play it alongside your friends on other platforms.
Three Fields is just one of a number of indie teams struggling with an increasingly difficult industry. Other studios, like Hyper Light Breaker developer Heart Machine and Metal: Hellsinger studio The Outsiders, have been hit by layoffs or closures as well, and it’s not just indie outfits either.
We’ll have to wait and see whether Three Fields’ work gets picked up by another publisher, but for now, unfortunately, it looks like the team won’t get the chance to bring their vision for Wreckreation to fruition.
If you do want to check the game out, you can pick it up now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
