Pitchford lets the cat out of the bag a little too early.
The Borderlands 4 release date has been moved up to 12 September, perhaps to get out of the way of the as yet undated Grand Theft Auto 6.
The news comes — accidentally — by way of Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford, who published and then deleted (and then republished) a video announcing the release date change.
According to Pitchford, “the team has been working very hard. Everything’s going great, actually. In fact, everything’s going kind of the best case scenario. The game is awesome, the team is cooking.”
It’s likely that Pitchford’s announcement was intended to be part of a PlayStation State of Play all about Borderlands 4. That show is scheduled for 7.00 am AEST tomorrow, 31 April, here in Australia. If you want to watch the State of Play, you can do so on YouTube.
Expect Borderlands 4 from 12 September on Windows PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, alongside Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and PS5.
Update: Pitchford has directly responded to thoughts Borderlands 4 is moving out of the way of Grand Theft Auto 6.
“Borderlands 4 shipping early is 100% the result of confidence in the game and development trajectory backed by actual tasks and bug find/fix rates,“ Pitchford said. “Our decision is literally 0% about any other product’s actual or theoretical launch date.
“We’re super confident in the game and we are ready to launch early, so there was no sense in holding out. The sooner we launch, the sooner we’ll also get feedback. We listen and learn and are excited to get a bite at that apple as we are working on exciting post-launch efforts.”
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Borderlands 412 September 2025, 3 October 2025 (Switch 2)PC PS5 Switch 2 Xbox Series S & X
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