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Borderlands 4 Is Bringing FL4K Back — But Its New Vault Hunter May Steal the Show

Borderlands 4's FL4K DLC arrives September 10 — but new Vault Hunter Loveless the Hacker might be the bigger story. Here's what nostalgia and novelty both offer the game.

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Without Embracer, Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford "is performing magic tricks at birthday parties for a living," Saber CEO says in belated response to digs made in the looter shooter

I want to say that Matt Karch isn't a fans of Borderlands 4, then

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Borderlands' last-minute art style change cost the company $50 million, Take-Two CEO says: "Borderlands wouldn't have been a hit"

"It was insane"

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A new free-to-play Borderlands game gets surprise drop on mobile, which Zynga says is part of a 'limited-time test'

Out of nowhere and with little fanfare, Zynga has launched a brand new free-to-play Borderlands game for mobile.

TechRadar

Gearbox provided "creative guidance" on the new Borderlands game, which isn't actually Borderlands Mobile but is out now in a "limited-time test"

Borderlands Mobile is still untitled, Zynga says

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Netflix's Top 10 just got crashed by 2024 sci-fi movie that fans love to hate

The Borderlands movie has its share of so-bad-it's-good fans...

Gearbox "avoiding nerfs at the moment" for Borderlands 4, dodging previous balance backlash: "I wholeheartedly want to avoid ruining someone's countless hours of farming"

Ultimate Vault Hunter levels will increase dedicated loot drops going forward

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"This is a massive fumble": Borderlands 4 players furious as drop rates are slashed after holiday event, even though Gearbox promises a "longer-term solution"

They're going back to pre-holiday levels

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Perfect Dark leads hired for new studio from Borderlands and BioShock publisher 2K, after attempts to save canceled sequel from Xbox failed

2K shared no other information on the team

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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide reveals new Hive Scum class — it makes me so nostalgic for Borderlands 2's Krieg that it may end up my new favorite class

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has revealed its 6th class, the Hive Scum, in a new cinematic trailer, along with articles detailing how its gameplay will function.

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Borderlands Online revival still a go, as modder leading the recreation of China's canceled Gearbox MMO says devs are on "one of the latest, if not final, builds of the game"

They've made "significant progress" on the Borderlands MMO

GamesRadar

Borderlands 4's sales were 'a little softer than we would've liked' due to PC performance issues, says Take-Two CEO, but he's confident it'll have a long tail

It's okay, Gearbox. One in four games have the same issue. It's nothing to be ashamed about.

PC Gamer

Borderlands 4's Halloween event is being torn apart by disappointed players who call it a "huge step down" and one of the "worst" content drops in the looter shooter series

The Horrors of Kairos in Borderlands 4 is scary in the wrong way

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Borderlands 4 set multiple US records for Gearbox as the fastest-selling game in the series, the first to debut as the best-selling game of its month, and becoming the third-best seller of 2025, analyst says

Borderlands is more popular than ever, in the United States at least

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Borderlands 4's nerf-heavy patch misses its already delayed release window as Gearbox still has "a few things we're tidying up," but it'll finally launch tomorrow

Get ready to say goodbye to those broken builds

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Borderlands 4 Horrors of Kairos dates and rewards

Get haunting rewards in the Halloween event.

PC Gamer

Borderlands 4's endgame modifiers make me irrationally angry while I replay old campaign missions on repeat

I'm not looking forward to centripetal's week.

PC Gamer

Randy Pitchford says sifting through the loot in Borderlands 4 is tickling a fundamental part of you: 'Our brains need to do it, and our brains like doing it, and we’re better off when we do it'

"Most of what our prefrontal cortex is for—why that adaptation exists and what it’s used for—is that skill, or versions of it. We’ve reduced it down into this design."

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Someone please save me from Borderlands 4's horny talking shield: 'This is about my pleasure, not yours'

You know what? I might just mute my audio.

PC Gamer

Borderlands 4 dev clears up the difference between Skill Damage and Action Skill damage, and I feel like a combat log is in order so I didn't have to find this out on a Reddit thread

Let me see the numbers.

Windows Central

Borderlands 4 is doing what every PvE game should do — buffs before nerfs

Gearbox is focusing on underwhelming items and skills before any nerfs come to the game.

Tom’s Guide

I love Borderlands 4 despite its poor performance and bad optimization — here’s why

I've always loved the Borderlands franchise, and Borderlands 4 hit all the right notes we've come to expect from the original looter shooter, but it does have some technical issues.

PC Gamer

Borderlands 4 is focusing on buffs, not nerfs—opting to 'start with underperforming gear/skills first' rather than its infinite-bleed god-knife

Number go up, not down.

The Guardian - UK

Borderlands 4 review – the chaotic, colourful shooter has finally grown up a little

Familiar and predictable, but also well-honed and significantly less juvenile, the fourth Borderlands game is a blast

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Borderlands 4's opening weekend stats show off 1.5 million items looted from toilets and only 25% of boss attempts ending in failure

There were also 4.5 million grenade-related deaths, but less than 350k toxic goo mishaps

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