UK developer Three Fields Entertainment – the studio behind the likes of Dangerous Golf and Dangerous Driving – says it has been “forced” into placing its “entire team on notice of redundancy” because publisher THQ Nordic has shown no “enthusiasm or financial support to continue development” of its latest title, Wreckreation.
Three Fields Entertainment unveiled Wreckreation back in 2022. A custom-content-focused open-world racer, it released on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox in October this year. Now, however, in a heartfelt message posted to X/Twitter, CEO Fiona Sperry said that it was “a heartbreaking moment for all of us”, but hoped that by going public, “someone out there might also see the potential” in Wreckreation.
“Since the launch of Wreckreation, our small studio has worked incredibly hard – with heart and dedication – to update the game, listen to our community, and deliver the fixes and features players asked for. I could not be prouder of the people I’ve worked alongside or the passion they’ve poured into this project,” Sperry wrote.
“But the reality we now face is stark. As an independent studio, we will not see revenue from game sales for the foreseeable future.
“We have had to self-fund most of this year and all of the 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.”
Because of claims it has had to self-fund, Sperry added that the studio cannot be sustained and it “will not see revenue from game sales for the foreseeable future,” (thanks, PC Gamer).
Wreckreation was one of “76 different games” parent company Embracer – THQ Nordic’s parent company and the Swedish conglomerate that bought up and then proceeded to lay off countless studios and employees – planned to release in the 2025/26 financial year.