Borderlands 4 gameplay trailer reveals 4 new Vault Hunters having a nasty day

It’s solely been a brief few months since Gearbox announced Borderlands 4, the following recreation in its long-running looter shooter franchise. Again in August, all we had was a cryptic teaser, however at in the present day’s Game Awards, we obtained a correct take a look at the brand new recreation.

Gearbox says the brand new Borderlands recreation will arrive with 4 new Vault Hunters with “the deepest and most various” ability bushes within the collection’ historical past. The sport’s story will deal with the Timekeeper, “a ruthless dictator who dominates the lots from on excessive.” As with all of the Borderlands video games, 4 will help solo or co-op gameplay with as much as three gamers.

The final Borderlands recreation was 2019’s Borderlands 3, which debuted on PS4, Xbox One and PC. It was effectively obtained — although much less so than the primary two mainline video games — and offered over 5 million copies. Since then, Gearbox additionally developed and launched Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, a fantasy-infused spinoff with a sizeable contingent of diehard followers, and took over improvement of Danger of Rain 2.

Gearbox was acquired by Take-Two Interactive in March 2024, following the extended and expansive implosion of its former proprietor, Embracer Group. Borderlands 4 might be Gearbox’s first launch for the reason that acquisition and there is one thing about this that appears like coming house, contemplating Take-Two’s label 2K Video games is the Borderlands collection’ longtime writer.