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Here are the Borderlands 4 release times and dates
By Leon Hurley last updated
Guide Take a look at the release dates and times for Borderlands 4 on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC.

Early look at Borderlands 4 disappears and reappears after fans spot "a huge spoiler" about a returning character, but somehow Conan O'Brien crashing the game was kept in
By Issy van der Velde published
News Oopsie

Beefy Borderlands 4 system requirements promise "solid performance on older PC hardware," but after Randy Pitchford's warnings about "realistic expectations" I'm starting to feel a little scared
By Dustin Bailey published
News Gearbox really was serious about those system requirements, huh?

Gearbox let one lucky gamer play Borderlands 4 days before the rest of us: Conan O'Brien, who hated Claptrap after exactly one minute – "He's my least-favorite trash can I've ever met"
By Issy van der Velde published
news Instantly picking up on what fans have been feeling for years

Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford wants "everyone to have realistic expectations for performance" ahead of launch: "This is a big, open AAA game and lower end and older hardware may not perform as well"
By Catherine Lewis published
News Overall, Gearbox is "confident in the game's performance and optimization"

Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford says Stop Killing Games "comes from the same heart that I have" and is "a metaphor, I think, for life" in the face of the inevitable heat death of the universe
By Dustin Bailey published
News Coincidentally, Gearbox's failed live-service shooter Battleborn "was about the last star that would exist" before the end of all life

Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford says "we’ve been baking this cake for a long time" as he teases the looter shooter's story connections to a new comic issue
By Issy van der Velde published
news More story for you to sink your teeth into

$112 million Borderlands movie was a critical and commercial disaster, but Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford just wants you to know "it would have been way worse if I directed it"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News OK, thanks for letting me know

Borderlands 4 could have looked very different – the OG RPG initially had realistic visuals that were too similar to Fallout 3, so Gearbox "rebuilt the whole game" after 2 weeks of experimenting led to its iconic comic style
By Catherine Lewis published
News Gearbox was "already taking every risk," but decided to "do what our heart says is right"

"We tend to commit to the bit": Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford talks Borderlands 4, the evolution of looter-shooters, and $80 game discourse
By Catherine Lewis published
Interview Gamescom 2025 | Randy Pitchford tells us how Gearbox went from seeing the industry predict that Borderlands "would find no audience, to being one of the leading video game franchises in the world"
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