4J Studios
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Predecessor | VIS Entertainment |
| Founded | 19 April 2005 |
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| Headquarters | , Scotland |
Key people | |
| Subsidiaries | Chroma Ventures |
| Website | 4jstudios |
4J Studios Limited is a British video game developer based in Dundee. It has a second office located in Edinburgh (previously in East Linton). Founded in April 2005 by VIS Entertainment alumni Chris van der Kuyl, Paddy Burns and Frank Arnot, the company is best known for porting Mojang Studios' Minecraft to consoles and handheld platforms.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]4J Studios was founded by Chris van der Kuyl, Paddy Burns and Frank Arnot on 19 April 2005, twelve days after van der Kuyl's previous video game venture, VIS Entertainment, entered into administration.[2][3] All three were previously employed by that company, with van der Kuyl as president and chief executive officer.[3][4]
In November 2012, co-founder and studio director Arnot announced that he had left 4J Studios to establish Stormcloud Games with co-workers Andy West and Pat McGovern.[5][6] In March 2018, 4J Studios invested a "six-figure sum" in Puny Astronaut, a Dundee-based developer founded by Abertay University alumni.[7] 4J Studios' van der Kuyl and Burns subsequently joined that company's board of directors, with van der Kuyl also becoming the chairman.[8] 4J Studios then opened an investment fund, Chroma Ventures, in March 2021, which absorbed the Puny Astronaut stake and invested in several other studios.
In October 2022, 4J Studios announced its intent to start publishing games, starting with Puny Astronaut's Skye Tales in 2023.[9] In October 2024, Curve Games picked up the publishing rights for Skye Tales and 4J's own Manic Mechanics.[10]
In May 2024, 4J Studios revealed a trailer of its next project, the Elements Engine, a proprietary 3D voxel sandbox game engine built from the ground up with world size and performance in mind.[11] In September 2024, 4J Studios announced their new video game, Reforj, a voxel-based sandbox video game built on the Elements Engine.[12] The development team includes the Minecraft YouTuber Joseph Garrett (better known as Stampy).[13] Public playtests began in April 2025.[14]
Games
[edit | edit source]Cancelled
[edit | edit source]- Goldeneye 007 (Xbox 360, Microsoft Game Studios)
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External links
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