Borderlands 4 Officially Revealed at Gamescom, and You Won’t Be Waiting Long

Five years after the last mainline entry, Gearbox Software has at long last announced Borderlands 4, a direct sequel to 2019’s controversial Borderlands 3. Revealed with a brief teaser trailer at Gamescom, we’ve already got an idea of what it’s all about - and a vague 2025 release date.

The Borderlands 4 trailer opens with the Firehawk symbol in space following the ending of its predecessor when Lilith unleashed her Siren energy to prevent Elpis, Pandora’s moon, from destroying the planet. Although this ending was controversial, especially with Ava seemingly taking centerstage going forward, Borderlands 4 evidently isn't walking back on this decision.

Following this, we see Elpis seemingly shattering space to unleash chaos on a planet - and city - below, suggesting Borderlands 4 will take us to a new region of space at long last. Then, a robotic hand picks up the iconic Borderlands psycho mask, which could be teasing a new villain or protagonist, though there’s not much to go on besides the robotic limb.

Hidden at the end of the trailer is some cryptic text written in an alien language. We’ll have to wait and see whether this text actually means anything, as no doubt avid Borderlands fans will give it their best to translate it if so.

Best of all, we won’t have to wait too long before we can get our hands on Borderlands 4, as the teaser-filled trailer ends with a vague 2025 release date for PS5, Xbox Series X and S, Steam, and, of course, Epic Games. In fact, you can already wishlist the looter-shooter. Check out our guide to the Borderlands 4 release date to stay up to date.

After years of waiting, hopefully, Borderlands 4 will resolve many of the shortcomings of its predecessor, though only time will tell.