Wreckreation 2 announced as Three Fields Entertainment rebrands to When Tides Turn

Three Fields Entertainment has announced Wreckreation 2 and simultaneously revealed it has rebranded as a new studio called When Tides Turn. The double announcement came via the team's Patreon, alongside a short reveal trailer showing muscle cars, arcade handling, and the Burnout-style crash carnage the series is built around.

Studio head Fiona Sperry says the sequel came directly out of six months of conversations with players. "From handling and progression to events and world design, our community has already helped shape key aspects of the experience," she said. "We're building this game with the players, not just for them." The team describes Wreckreation 2 as built around aggression, pressure, risk, and consequence. The studio name change is framed as a clean ownership move — the team says it wanted a home they own completely — but stresses nothing has changed about the people or the ambition. Playtesting sign-ups are already open via Patreon.

Three Fields Entertainment was founded by veterans of Criterion Games — the studio behind the original Burnout series — who left after Criterion was effectively absorbed into EA as a Battlefield support studio. Wreckreation, released in 2025, landed to mixed reviews, falling short of the heights fans were hoping for from people with that pedigree. The arcade racing genre has been starved of serious competition since Burnout Paradise, so there's genuine appetite for a follow-up that fixes what the first game got wrong.

With playtesting already underway and community input baked into the design from the start, When Tides Turn is clearly trying to course-correct in a more deliberate way than most studios attempt between entries. No release window has been announced yet, but updates will keep coming through Patreon.