Borderlands 4 is Almost Here! Hop Aboard the Hype Train! 

Launch Date: September 12, 2025   
Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Switch 2 follows October 3rd.  
 

Greetings Gamers! Borderlands 4 is almost here so we are checking out all the new new that is coming in the 4th main installment of the franchise! From new baddies, new guns, new world mechanics, and of course, new Vault Hunters! Let's get right into it! 

A New World, A New Villain 
 

The adventure moves to Kairos, a new planet ruled by the Timekeeper, who keeps citizens in line with cybernetic Bolts and a synthetic army called The Order. Some sweet lore lets us know that six years before the game, a rogue moon warped into orbit and blew the planet’s cover, which sparked rebellion. Your Vault Hunter drops into that tinderbox and helps light the match. Movement has been modernized with gliding, dashing, double-jumping, and point-grappling, and you can summon a Digirunner hoverbike to cross open spaces quickly. Co-op is the classic drop in, drop out, Borderlands style with instanced loot and full crossplay at launch! Hype! Hype! Hype!  
 

Meet the New Vault Hunters 
 

Borderlands 4 brings four fresh classes, each with three action skills and deep skill trees! 

• Vex the Siren uses phase energy and can summon a spectral feline named Trouble that mauls anything silly enough to flank you. 
• Rafa the Exo-Soldier is a former Tediore trooper in an experimental exo-suit that digistructs an on-demand arsenal. 
• Harlowe the Gravitar manipulates gravity for crowd control and mobility tricks. 
• Amon the Forgeknight leans into brute force, close-range pressure, and weapon empowerment. 

Gearbox is pushing more character-driven humor this time and early skill-theory chatter already has players arguing about busted builds! Imagine that! But for real, really excited to see how these skill trees pan out for that RPG feel and skill customization.  
 

Guns, Manufacturers, and a Smarter Loot Chase 
 

Three new manufacturers join the classics. Order emphasizes precision bursts. Ripper charges up to go full auto. Daedalus mixes ammo types and accessibility. On top of that, the new Licensed Parts system lets weapons inherit behaviors from multiple manufacturers, so a single gun can feel like a glorious hybrid. Legendaries are tuned to feel rarer and more special again after Borderlands 3’s flood.  

There are new gear slots too! Ordnance puts grenades and heavy weapons on a cooldown. Enhancements replace Artifacts and boost weapon manufacturers. Repkits are utility items for self-heals and timed buffs. Boss farming is streamlined by Moxxi’s Big Encore Machine, which lets you rematch without save shenanigans!  
 

Endgame, Roadmap, and Reasons to Stick Around 
 

Finish the campaign and you unlock a reworked Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode with scalable enemies and five difficulties. Weekly community challenges and the return of Maurice’s Black-Market Machine keep the loot treadmill busy. A new gear layer called Firmware adds set-style bonuses that start dropping around level 25, and Specializations bring account-wide progression that scratches the old Badass or Guardian Rank itch.  

Post-launch, Gearbox already has an extensive roadmap! The team is promising Invincible bosses by late 2025 and Pearlescent gear early next year, plus story content that leans into darker, cosmic horror vibes. One highlight on the roadmap is “Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned”, which also introduces a new playable Vault Hunter. You can even start new characters at level 30 after beating the campaign if you want to jump straight back into higher-tier play. Perfect for Dads that only have 3 hours to game before falling asleep!  

The Bottom Vault 
 

If you fell off the series because the loot lost its luster or the jokes wore thin, Borderlands 4 stacks the deck with smarter weapon systems, better mobility, and a clearer endgame loop. Vex, Rafa, Harlowe, and Amon cover a wide spread of playstyles and witty humor making those co-op experiences that much better.  

Kairos gives the franchise a fresh stage that ties exploration to tangible power boosts. And the roadmap outlines months of reasons to keep running the loop, from weekly grinds to headline bosses and new Vault Hunters. The hype feels less like blind trust and more like a studio that knows exactly which screws to tighten. We will know for sure when we can all get our hands on next week!  
 

But tell me! Are you hyped for Borderlands 4? Anything you want to see in the next installment? What are you most excited about? Which vault hunter are you going to start out with!? Let’s chat all things Borderlands in the comments below!