Six years after “Borderlands 3”, a new series spin-off is set to hit the market: As part of the Gamescom opening show Opening Night Live, the US developer studio showed a first render trailer for “Borderlands 4”.
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There are no gameplay scenes in the trailer, the video only shows pre-rendered scenes. The only thing known so far is the release date: “Borderlands 4” is scheduled to be released in 2025, but there is no exact date yet.
At the end of the trailer, the release platforms can be seen: “Borderlands 4” will be released for PC, Xbox Series X/S and Playstation 5.
Gearbox has already set up a Steam page: “Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Vault Hunter as you search for a secret alien treasure and blast away everything that gets in your way?!” is all it says there.
Take-Two buys Gearbox
“Borderlands 4” will be the first Gearbox game after the Take-Two takeover: In March, the former parent company Embracer announced the sale of the cult development studio for 460 million US dollars. Embracer itself had only bought Gearbox in 2021. The publisher transferred 363 million US dollars directly at the time, and performance targets could increase the price to as much as 1.3 billion US dollars. How much of this was ultimately achieved is unclear, however.
The deal with Take-Two includes Gearbox Software in Texas, Gearbox Montréal and Gearbox Quebec. The well-known Gearbox brands “Borderlands”, “Homeworld”, “Risk of Rain”, “Brothers in Arms” and “Duke Nukem” were also transferred to Take-Two as part of the transaction. Embracer, meanwhile, retains Gearbox Publishing in San Francisco, which was known as Perfect World Entertainment until 2022.
After “Borderlands 3”, Gearbox developed, among other things, a spin-off called “Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands” and the adventure game “New Tales from the Borderlands”.
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