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Minecraft Console Developer 4J Studios Announces Survival Sandbox Game Reforj - News / 1,315 Views by, posted 2 days ago Developer 4J Studios, the studio that works on the console versions of Minecraft, and Youtuber Joseph 'Stampy' Garrett have announced survival sandbox game Reforj. "The fact this is coming from 4J means that the comparisons to Minecraft are unavoidable," Garrett told GamesIndustry. "We've already had articles about 4J making Minecraft 2.
But that's not what we're trying to do. Despite all of us being huge fans of Minecraft, we don't need to make another one. It already exists.
" 4J founder and chairman Chris van der Kuyl added, "Everyone has to have a frame of reference. But it will be a very different gameplay experience, That doesn't mean they will still play the games they play and love every day. They will.
That's something we revel in. We still have a marketplace in Minecraft. This is just something brand new for people who love the genre, and we don't think they've had anything new for quite a long time.
"We have zero targets. We don't think we should have X players by a certain date. Because we're a small company, we don't have a massive day one shipping title.
As long as there is a community that love this game and gives us feedback, then it will snowball from there. If we can see we're making an impact on how people play this genre and what they enjoy, the audience will come with that." 4J Studios hired Garrett because they are taking a community-focused approach with Reforj.
"In the 1990s we believed that game developers were the new rockstars...
but I actually think we're more like Fender and Gibson," said van der Kuyl. "We make musical instruments, and we..
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