Borderlands 4’s release date is getting moved forward

Borderlands 4 will now release earlier than expected.

The news was announced in a video posted on X by Gearbox Software [171 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/gearbox-software/”>Gearbox Entertainment CEO Randy Pitchford [89 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/randy-pitchford/”>Randy Pitchford, shortly before Pitchford removed the video, saying it had gone up too early.

In the video, Pitchford explains that the game will now be released on September 12, instead of the September 23 date previously announced.

He then deleted the video, writing another post saying: “Oops, time zones, reposting momentarily”. This suggests a reposting of the video is imminent.

“I told you I would have some news for you today about Borderlands (series) [199 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/borderlands-series/”>Borderlands 4, and I do,” Pitchford said in the video. “It’s not the news you’re expecting, it is about the launch date.

“And I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking at no point has there ever been a game that’s announced a launch date and then later had to announce that the launch date is changing. But I wanted to be the one to tell you that the launch date is changing.

“I know we promised that Borderlands 4 would come at the end of September, and the team have been working very heard. And everything’s going great. In fact, everything’s going kinda the best case scenario, the game is awesome, the team is cooking, and so the launch date for Borderlands 4 is changing. We’re moving it forward. The launch date is now September 12.”

Pitchford also stated that a previously announced PlayStation [10,593 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/”>PlayStation State of Play [178 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/events/state-of-play/”>State of Play presentation focused solely on Borderlands 4, which had previously been confirmed for Spring, is coming “imminently”, adding: “It’s gonna be awesome, we’re showing you more about the game than you’ve ever seen before.”

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