It has been some time since there’s been a brand new recreation within the mainline Borderlands collection, however Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford is assured that followers will probably be “very, very comfortable” with the subsequent one.
It wasn’t till 2022 that we final entered the world of Borderlands with New Tales from the Borderlands, and naturally there was additionally the spin-off Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands with a extra fantastical tackle the collection’ basic looter-shooter. However by way of the principle collection, there hasn’t been a brand new recreation since 2019’s Borderlands 3, 5 years in the past. In order that begs the query of the place a hypothetical Borderlands 4 may be. It was talked about final 12 months on a developer’s LinkedIn, however there’s been no official announcement both approach.
Now, in a current interview with GamesRadarGearbox head Randy Pitchford shared that followers will not have to attend that lengthy till they announce what’s subsequent on this planet of Borderlands. “I have not been good about hiding the truth that we’re engaged on quite a lot of issues, and we’re engaged on massive issues,” Pitchford stated. “I am certain our followers are going to be very, very proud of the subsequent online game mission once we’re able to announce it. And I’ll let you know that we’re not going to make folks wait too lengthy earlier than we announce it.”
Pitchford additionally teased that an announcement on a sequel to the upcoming Borderlands film may come “earlier than the tip of the 12 months. We’ll see. Possibly sooner.” He went on to say, “I’ve acquired the largest and greatest crew I’ve ever had engaged on what we all know is strictly what our followers need from us, so I am actually, actually excited. I can not wait to speak about it! I want I may gush proper now as a result of we have got a lot to say!”
These of you who cherished Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands most likely have one thing to sit up for, too, and Pitchford defined that Gearbox had “an even bigger payoff with the primary Wonderlands recreation than we did with the primary Borderlands recreation, so it is one thing we will proceed to construct on. I really like fantasy. That is why we did the unique Dragon Maintain DLC for Borderlands 2, as a result of I really like fantasy. Plenty of us at Gearbox love fantasy, and it offers us that sort of place to play with it within the context of the themes and universe of Borderlands. I feel it is affordable for our followers to count on extra of that.”
The subsequent Borderlands launch is, clearly, the film, which is due out in a few weeks, on August 8 within the UK and August 9 within the US.
