While the wait for Borderlands 3 was many years long, if a recent post by Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford is anything to go on, the wait for Borderlands 4 won’t be nearly as long.
A rumor that we didn’t report on had previously said that Gearbox was assisting in development on a “Borderlands spinoff”. As always, we don’t report on rumors we don’t trust and as it turns out, Pitchford confirmed it was not true.
I am told of rumors that Gearbox is "assisting" or "co-developing" another Borderlands game (or a new spin-off game). These rumors are NOT accurate. Gearbox is lead dev of any future games in the Borderlands franchise (or any Borderlands adjacent games) with no co-development.
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) May 6, 2021
What’s more interesting however, is that he hints that Gearbox is already working on Borderlands 4 with his follow-up post.
More: We are definitely working on some amazing stuff that, I hope, will surprise and delight you. Plug: if anyone out there has Skills-To-Pay-Bills and wants to get in on some Borderlands action, we're working on the big one 🙂 https://t.co/Pp5iTUBwAt https://t.co/ExjXEbU30R
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) May 6, 2021
Our Take
As we adore Borderlands, we’re very happy to see this. While Borderlands 3 was an excellent game with fantastic support to date, we certainly don’t want to wait another 7 years for a new entry. Let’s hope we get to see it in the next couple of years!