Despite past posting, Randy Pitchford is actually 'happy to live in that world' where Borderlands 4 complaints aren't about 'how we f*cked up the story', after all … Sure, alright. PC Gamer · Oct 15, 2025
Gearbox's Randy Pitchford is pretty happy with Borderlands 4 story feedback: "Isn't it weird to ship a game where the biggest complaint isn't how we f***ed up the story?" "Everyone's like, 'nah, story's awesome, characters, we love it'" GamesRadar · Oct 14, 2025
Borderlands 4 mercifully ditches most of Borderlands 3 potty humor, but Gearbox gives itself a treat and references Dark Souls meme from Twitter in hidden sidequest Very cool GamesRadar · Sep 29, 2025
There's a sidequest in Borderlands 4 based on a meme making fun of Soulsborne games and it's great Forgive me. PC Gamer · Sep 29, 2025
Mod maker brings Skibidi Toilet to Borderlands 4 for one simple reason: To spite the narrative director who said he'd 'cry real tears' if the game shipped with it Once again, mod makers are doing the lord's work. PC Gamer · Sep 24, 2025
Borderlands 4 narrative lead is "ridiculously proud" of the action RPG's story team, celebrating a whole "lot of f***ing people" who helped create a mercifully less stupid plot "I am honestly too overwhelmed by the enormity of it all to take it in" GamesRadar · Sep 12, 2025
With 'Borderlands 4,' “The Technology Has Caught Up To The Ambition,” Says Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford Pitchford and writer Sam Winkler break down how they made a new villain, a new set of vault hunters, and a whole new planet. Inverse · Sep 4, 2025
Borderlands 3 'sometimes felt like parody' of itself, say writers, but 4 aims to fix that: 'If I tried to put a meme in the game, he would come to my house with a baseball bat' The aim is to land on "humor, levity, and authentic character storytelling that takes itself seriously." PC Gamer · Aug 26, 2025
Are you prepared to peer into the soul of Claptrap? Borderlands 4 features an 'emotional' Claptrap moment that 'really hits hard,' says Gearbox Will I finally feel bad for bullying Claptrap? PC Gamer · Aug 25, 2025
Borderlands 4 writers say the previous game "sometimes felt like parody," and while there's at least one meme in the new loot shooter "it does not involve a Skibidi Toilet" "If I tried to put a meme in the game, he would come to my house with a baseball bat" GamesRadar · Aug 25, 2025
Borderlands 4 narrative director reveals his biggest uncertainty, and looking at the script, yeah, I get it: "The crowd falls apart like that guy in the cube that gets cubed in the movie Cube" Vex's gory story trailer was "the biggest 'I have no idea what's going to happen when I turn in this script' moment" for the Borderlands 4 story lead GamesRadar · Jul 11, 2025
Gearbox lead wants Borderlands 4 to have less "toilet humor," says the thought of "skibidi toilet" and a gun called "Hawk 2A" in the game makes him want to "cry real tears" "I remain firm in my criticism of BL3's overabundance of toilet humor" GamesRadar · Dec 17, 2024
Borderlands 4 will cut back on 'toilet humor,' says Gearbox: 'If the word skibidi ships in the game under my watch I'm gonna cry real tears' Borderlands 3 was basically a non-stop fart joke, but Borderlands 4 is aiming for something a little higher. PC Gamer · Dec 16, 2024
Borderlands 4 guide: Tips to plunder Kairos for all its loot Everything you need to know to make the most of your vault hunting trip to Kairos. PC Gamer · Dec 16, 2024
GamesRadar · Sep 4, 2024 Borderlands 4 dev urges Concord studio to back up work after losing theirs to Gearbox's hero shooter flop: "I regretted not getting it while I could" Lessons learned from Battleborn
Creative Bloq · Sep 2, 2024 Borderlands 4 concept art provides hope for the upcoming installment Could the new game make up for the terrible movie?
GamesRadar · Aug 26, 2024 Randy Pitchford wasn't the only one teasing Borderlands 4, because another Gearbox developer basically spoiled the reveal trailer 2 years ago "I could teleport a moon"
TechRadar · Jan 8, 2024 ‘Don’t send me your Borderlands theories or story ideas’ says Gearbox narrative director Gearbox narrative director Sam Winkler asked fans to stop sending Borderlands theories in an attempt to canonize them.
GamesRadar · Jan 8, 2024 Borderlands 3 writer urges fans to stop sending him their story ideas: "I cannot incorporate your headcanon" The future of Borderlands will not be shaped by fanfiction, says Sam Winkler