A new game in the “Borderlands” saga, “Borderlands 4,” will be launching from 2K Games in 2025.
Per 2K’s description for the title: “See if you have what it takes to go down in history as a legendary Vault Hunter as you search for secret alien treasure, blasting everything in sight.”
The Gearbox-developed game, which was announced out of the gamescom video game convention Tuesday, is available to add to wishlist’s now.
2K Games parent company Take-Two Interactive revealed in March plans to acquire “Borderlands” maker Gearbox from Embracer Group for $460 million. As part of that deal, which closed in June, Take-Two got the rights to Gearbox IP, including “Borderlands,” “Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands,” “Homeworld,” “Risk of Rain,” “Brothers in Arms” and “Duke Nukem.”
At the time of the acquisition announcement, Gearbox teased it had six “key interactive entertainment projects in various stages of development,” which included five sequels, two from “Borderlands” and “Homeworld” universes, and at least one “exciting new intellectual property,” all of which have been acquired in the sale. Today’s reveal of “Borderlands 4” marks the first confirmation of one of those projects moving out of the development stage.
During an interview with Variety Aug. 8, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said that so far the financial impact of the acquisition of Gearbox was “de minimis because we have, of course, the results of their primary titles in our numbers already, because we publish those titles already, and we only close the deal in June,” but he noted “we do expect it’ll be a very lucrative deal.”
The “Borderlands 4” announcement comes on the heels of the “Borderlands” film starring Cate Blanchett recently bombing at the box office.
Watch the trailer for “Borderlands 4” below.
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