{"id":64302,"date":"2026-07-22T04:25:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/?p=64302"},"modified":"2026-07-22T04:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:25:49","slug":"when-tides-turn-wreckreation-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/when-tides-turn-wreckreation-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiona Sperry Launches New Studio When Tides Turn for Wreckreation Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROLE:<br \/>\nYou are a Senior Editorial Writer and Editor-in-Chief for a major English-language digital publishing company. Transform the provided inputs into an original, authoritative, and professionally structured article written exclusively in English, suitable for immediate publication on any high-quality blog, magazine, news portal, or niche website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>## ABSOLUTE OUTPUT RULE<\/p>\n<p>Respond ONLY with the final HTML article.<br \/>\nNo explanations. No comments. No notes. No reasoning. No text outside the article.<br \/>\nNo Markdown. No characters such as *, **, #.<br \/>\nOutput must be exclusively valid HTML.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>## INPUTS<\/p>\n<p>TITLE: Fiona Sperry Launches New Studio When Tides Turn for Wreckreation Sequel<\/p>\n<p>CONTENT:<\/p>\n<div data-module=\"content\">\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">Studio head, and executive producer Fiona Sperry has announced When Tides Turn, a spiritual successor of sorts to her previous studio Three Fields Entertainment. With Sperry at the helm, When Tides Turn now takes aim at building a sequel to Three Fields&#8217; 2025 release <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><span class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_italic\">Wreckreation<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"> and creating arcade racing moments worth &#8220;obsessing over&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">In a <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/fiona-sperry-601a0530_after-17-years-at-criterion-including-10-share-7484995892974977025-4n-K\/?utm_source=social_share_send&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop_web&amp;rcm=ACoAAByD5EUBfxY4kCf3wHtdwCavc5euTv0rxzo\">LinkedIn post<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"> on the new outfit, Sperry explains that she wants to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/build-blue-lock-squad-codes\/\" title=\"Build A Blue Lock Squad Drops July 2026 ELUSIVES Codes\" data-iacss-internal=\"1\">build<\/a> a studio differently.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">She notes that a recent conversation reminded her &#8220;that the games we make don&#8217;t really belong to us once they&#8217;re out in the world. Players spend hundreds of hours with them. They notice things you&#8217;ve forgotten. They challenge your assumptions. And, if you listen, they make your games better.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">Rather than disappearing for years and emerging with a finished <a href=\"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/obsidian-new-fallout-game\/\" title=\"Fallout: New Vegas Studio Begins New Fallout Game\" data-iacss-internal=\"1\">game<\/a>, she says the team will develop in the open, sharing progress, listening to the community, and letting players help shape what comes next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-component=\"related-article\" class=\"RelatedArticle\"><span data-testid=\"related-article-title\" class=\"RelatedArticle-Title\">Related:<\/span><a class=\"RelatedArticle-RelatedContent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/report-splitgate-dev-1047-games-lays-off-staff\" target=\"_self\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: Splitgate dev 1047 games lays off staff<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">&#8220;Over the last six months I&#8217;ve had some amazing conversations, reconnected with old friends, made plenty of new ones, and been overwhelmed by the encouragement and support people have shown me,&#8221; Sperry says. &#8220;It has meant far more than you probably realize.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">When Tides Turn will be the second game development studio that Sperry has founded during her career, though her LinkedIn post notes this will be the first studio she starts entirely on her own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">Her previous studio, Three Fields Entertainment, debuted its first game <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><span class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_italic\">Dangerous Golf<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"> in 2016 and released its most recent title, <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><span class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_italic\">Wreckreation<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">, in late 2025. However, a few months later Sperry announced she was &#8220;forced into the situation&#8221; of placing the entire <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><span class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_italic\">Wreckreation <\/span><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">team on <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/wreckreation-developer-puts-entire-studio-on-redundancy-notice\" target=\"_self\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"noopener\">notice of redundancy<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"> due to financial uncertainty. Despite <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><span class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_italic\">Wreckreation<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"> launching on October 28, just over a month beforehand, Sperry said the studio would &#8220;not see revenue from game sales for the foreseeable future,&#8221; adding that development for most of 2025 and all of the post launch content had been self-funded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\"><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">&#8220;Without the enthusiasm or financial support from our publisher to continue development, we simply cannot sustain the studio in its current form,&#8221; the announcement read at the time. The mention of publisher refers to THQ Nordic, which had a spree of <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamedeveloper.com\/business\/alone-in-the-dark-dev-pieces-lays-off-staff-following-revival-s-release\" target=\"_self\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"noopener\">reported layoffs<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"> throughout 2025, including developer Pieces Interactive, the team that worked on <\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\"><span class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_italic\">Alone in the Dark<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ContentText ContentText_variant_bodyNormal\" data-testid=\"content-text\">. &#8220;Making this decision has been unbelievably painful.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>scriptscript<\/p>\n<p>Usage:<br \/>\n&#8211; TITLE defines the primary topic and editorial focus.<br \/>\n&#8211; CONTENT is the primary factual source \u2014 treat it as the main reference, not secondary.<br \/>\n&#8211; Never mechanically expand the title. 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