4J Studios

4J Studios

Type	Private
Founder(s)	Paddy Burns, Chris van der Kuyl, and Frank Arnot
Founded	19 April 2005 (2005-04-19)
Headquarters	Dundee and East Linton, Scotland
Products	Minecraft: Console Edition, Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade Port), Banjo-Tooie (Xbox Live Arcade Port), and others
Links	Site

4J Studios which stands for Jute, Jam, Journalism (the 3J's of Dundee), and Joysticks, is an independent game development studio based in Scotland, with offices in Dundee and East Linton. The staff includes many former key personnel from defunct studio VIS Entertainment. It was founded by Paddy Burns and Chris van der Kuyl. They are best known for developing Minecraft for the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch.

Employees

Developers

Name	Avatar	Position	Twitter	Bug Tracker
Stuart Ross		Lead developer (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@4JStu	4jstu
Steven Woodward		QA Bug Tester (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@4JSteve	4jsteve
Mark Hughes		Developer (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@mg_hughes
Vince Finlayson		Developer (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@TheValkyrur	4J-Vince

Artists

Name	Avatar	Position	Twitter
Brian Lindsay		Artist (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@4J_BKL_1
Tom Naylor		UI Artist (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@Tom_2Monocle
Michael Hansen		Lead Artist (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@MRH_4J
David Keningale		Art Director (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@4JDavid
Ryan Mitchell		Junior Level Designer (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@Ryumitch
Scott Jarron		Junior Level Designer (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@4JScott
Julie D Kennedy		Junior UI Artist (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@Danger_Kennedy
Thomas Fyfe		Junior Level Designer (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@thomasfyfe

Business

Name	Avatar	Position	Twitter	Bug Tracker
Paddy Burns		Chief Executive Officer (4J Studios)	@padware
Chris van der Kuyl		Chairman (4J Studios)	@chrisvdk
Richard Reavy		Chief Technology Officer (4J Studios)	@rreavy	4jpaddy

Alumni

Name	Avatar	Position	Twitter
Rebecca O'Neil		Art Intern (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@beccenstein_
James Vaughan
Harry Gordon		Developer (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@hejgordon
Jamie Keddie		Contractor (Minecraft Legacy Console Edition)	@JoyrideGames
George Vaughan

Contractors

Name	Task	Twitter	Notes
Gareth Coker	Made the music for the Greek Mythology Mash-up pack	@garethcoker	Made the music for Halo Infinite, Moon Studios, Ori and the Blind Forest, and ARK Survival Evolved
Aeralie Brighton	Vocals for the Greek Mythology Mash-up pack	@AeralieBrighton	Did vocals for Ori and the Blind Forest

Games

4J Studios has developed the following games:

• Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox Live Arcade) (2012)
• Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (PS3) (2013)
• Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PSVita) (2014)
• Minecraft: Xbox One Edition (XBO) (2014)
• Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) (2014)
• Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Wii U) (2015)
• Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Switch) (2017)

They have ported/remade the following games to other consoles:

• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PS3) (2007)
• Overlord: Raising Hell (PS3) (2008)
• Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade) (2008)
• Banjo-Tooie (Xbox Live Arcade) (2009)
• Perfect Dark (Xbox Live Arcade) (2010)

4J Studios has published the following original games:

• Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships (PS2, Xbox) (2005)
• Star Trek: Encounters (PS2) (2006)
• Star Trek: Conquest (Wii, PS2) (2007)
• AMF Bowling Pinbusters! (DS) (2008)
• Ducati Moto (DS) (2008)
• Wuggle (iPhone) (2009)

External links

• 4J Studios' website
• 4J Studios' Twitter account