“Borderlands 4” announced with surprising release window and new trailer

Borderlands 4 was announced today at Gamescom. The surprising announcement follows shortly after the much-criticized Borderland movie, flopped at the box office. Gearbox would like to shift the conversation to something more exciting. And it's exciting, because that game isn't that far away. Unlike some game studios that may or may not be named Bethesda, Gearbox isn't making its fans wait forever for that release.

There is no exact release date yet, but Borderlands 4 is scheduled for release in 2025, so we don't have to wait long. It's been five years since Borderlands 3 came out, and this game did not generate the kind of hype and widespread praise that Borderlands 2 received at startup.

Here's the teaser trailer – which is really just a teaser with no gameplay or story. We see a giant purple glowing ball, a spaceship and everything looks cool and my curiosity is piqued, as they say, but there's not much more to tell.

Borderlands 4 is developed by Gearbox and published by 2K Games.

“The team and I at Gearbox have had a lot of plans for Borderlands since we introduced the looter-shooter genre to the world with our original game,” said Randy Pitchford, founder and president of Gearbox Entertainment Company, in a statement. “All of us at Gearbox have big ambitions for Borderlands 4 and we put everything we have into producing everything we love about Borderland better than ever before and takes the game to new levels and in exciting new directions.”

“We are excited to announce to our fans that 2025 will be a great year for 2K and Gearbox Entertainment,” added Catharina Lavers Mallet, Senior Vice President and General Manager of 2K Core Games. “The Borderland The series is one of 2K's most successful franchises and is loved by millions of people around the world. We are excited that our already close partnership and collaboration with the Gearbox team has grown even stronger and look forward to delivering world-class experiences to both long-time fans and new players.”

You can visit the game's website here. Borderlands 4 will be released via Steam and the Epic Game Store for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC.

In related news, Netflix has just launched the new Squid Game Game with a very enigmatic trailer.