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WDR Studios

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Indie-Studio aus Raleigh, gegründet von JT Music. Das erste Spiel ist das Horror-Parkour-Spiel Terrible Lizards.

WDR Studios is a studio (Indie, Indie) based in Raleigh, North Carolina (USA). PlayInsider covers 1 game by WDR Studios: Terrible Lizards (72).

WDR Studios is a small indie studio from Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded by the team behind JT Music, known for years for its songs about video games on YouTube. The studio’s first game is the horror parkour game Terrible Lizards, which launches on 29 October 2026.

Table of contents

  1. History of WDR Studios
  2. Focus and team
  3. Games by WDR Studios

WDR Studios – studio logo
The official WDR Studios logo (Image: WDR Studios)

History of WDR Studios

WDR Studios is the game development branch of JT Music. The music duo built a large fan base with raps and songs about games such as Five Nights at Freddy’s, BioShock and Minecraft. With its own studio, the team wanted to stop just singing about games and make one itself. When exactly WDR Studios was founded is not publicly known.

WDR Studios – Terrible Lizards entrance hall
Scene from Terrible Lizards (Image: WDR Studios)

Focus and team

The studio focuses on action horror and develops with Unreal Engine. The team is small and describes itself as a rookie in the games industry. The lead developer is John, known in the community as “patfan”. The team names films such as Jurassic Park and The Goonies as well as games like BioShock and Five Nights at Freddy’s as influences.

WDR Studios – dino skeleton in Terrible Lizards
The dino museum in Terrible Lizards (Image: WDR Studios)

Games by WDR Studios

The debut Terrible Lizards sends you to an abandoned dino attraction on Route 66 in 1992. There are no weapons; you flee from creatures using parkour. WDR Studios works with Digital Pajamas and Behaviour Interactive as publishers. The game launches for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S and is on Game Pass from day one.

Terrible Lizards – escape through a rock crevice
Parkour through the caves beneath the park (Image: WDR Studios)

More information is available on the official WDR Studios website.

Games by WDR Studios

Terrible Lizards – Beitragsbild mit Titel-Schriftzug72Terrible Lizards