A ‘Borderlands 4’ Announcement Could Be Imminent, New Video Signifies

It has been nearly 5 years for the reason that launch of Borderlands 3, and whereas we received Wonderlands within the interim, followers are itching for the fourth mainline sport to be introduced and subsequently launched, particularly now that Gearbox is owned by Embracer and it appears like catastrophe may strike at any time.

Now, the official Borderlands Twitter account is doing…one thing attention-grabbing. I didn’t fairly get this at first, however flashing again to 2019, now I perceive what could also be happening.

The Borderlands account has revealed a “the story thus far” video about Borderlands 1. That is truly the identical video that was first launched in April of 2019. It was adopted up by a Borderlands 2 “story thus far” video with Good-looking Jack shortly after. These got here earlier than the Borderlands 3 worldwide gameplay reveal in Could, however after the announcement of BL3 in March 2019.

The concept right here is that Gearbox is operating by means of these once more forward of a brand new, third video about Borderlands 3, and that can lead into an announcement about Borderlands 4. We already know that Gearbox has been engaged on it, it’s only a matter of for a way lengthy and when their timetable for launch will likely be. My suspicion is that they might attempt to do a giant reveal and even launch round when the Borderlands film comes out this coming August. Synergy, and all that.

For context, with Borderlands 3 introduced in March of 2019, the sport was truly launched that very same 12 months, out that September, round six months later. So, followers are hoping this will likely lastly be that 12 months, and this video being shared is not only reusing previous content material from 5 years in the past simply so there’s one thing to throw up on social. It’s be interpreted as a tease.

Whereas there are some which might be misreading the top of the video as a declaration that Good-looking Jack is coming again, fairly than a lead-in to a BL2 video, I do suppose it’s doable, if unlikely, that Gearbox will deliver him again. He’s the sequence’ hottest villain by far, and actually one in every of its hottest characters by far, and I don’t suppose they’ll find a way to withstand the temptation.

Gearbox is in an odd state of affairs the place they’ve been purchased by Embracer Group, however will nonetheless supposedly publish Borderlands by means of its previous relationship with 2K. Talking of villains, Embracer has turn into one thing of a bane to the business, shopping for studios then shedding employees en masse and shutting down initiatives, largely not too long ago a brand new Deus Ex sport. There have been rumors that the cash-strapped firm could find yourself promoting Gearbox to plug a income hole after a deal fell by means of, however that has not but manifested into something of significance.

As for Borderlands 4, it enters a market the place it might really feel the necessity to go down the “dwell” route, the place it has achieved content material additions and DLC previously, however not within the conventional seasonal/battle cross method we’ve seen with so many newer video games. But it surely’s the OG looter shooter, and it appears probably it will nonetheless discover a massive viewers for a fourth sport in any format. I do surprise how its visuals and humor will proceed to age, nevertheless, within the fashionable gaming panorama, as typically talking, the third sport wasn’t fairly as well-received because the second. We’ll see if these teases go wherever.

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