Borderlands 4 dev says "the way we've done guns before is great," but Gearbox is still overhauling its weapons to offer even "more opportunity for surprise"

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Gearbox is smashing whole manufacturers together for its new system

Borderlands 4 screenshot of a gun equipped with Licensed Parts from different makers
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Borderlands 4's new gun manufacturer system offers "more opportunity for surprise," even if Gearbox acknowledges that the previous system was pretty good.

Speaking to GamesRadar+, executive producer Chris Brock noted that with Borderlands 4, Gearbox is trying to overhaul movement and exploration, similar to the way that it attempted to overhaul gunplay in Borderlands 3. But that doesn't mean that shooting and looting isn't in the studio's crosshairs too

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