April 2025 State of Play Highlights Borderlands 4 Gameplay

The State of Play event for *Borderlands 4* in April 2025 provided fans with an exciting 20-minute deep dive into the game's new features and mechanics. Dive into the details revealed during the event and explore the fan theories surrounding the game's adjusted release date.

Borderlands 4 State of Play New Details Revealed

20-Minute Gameplay Deep Dive Video

The Borderlands 4 State of Play showcased new elements of the highly anticipated looter shooter. The April 30th stream of PlayStation's State of Play featured a detailed 20-minute gameplay video, introducing two of the four new Vault Hunters: Vex the Siren, who harnesses supernatural phase energy to empower herself and summon deadly minions, and Rafa the Exo-Soldier, a former Tediore trooper equipped with an experimental exo-suit that can digistruct a variety of weapons.

Players will explore the new planet Kairos, which is fraught with warring factions, dangerous creatures, and desperate inhabitants, all under the iron rule of the Timekeeper. The mission is to spark a revolution against this oppressive ruler, forming alliances with unique factions along the way. Familiar faces such as Claptrap, Moxxi, and Zane return to assist in the fight.

The gameplay video also introduced new features, including the innovative licensed Parts system, allowing players to customize their weapons' behaviors and abilities, additional Gear slots for more specialized builds, and the new Digirunner vehicle.

Gearbox Denies Launch Date Change is Influenced by Other Games

Prior to the State of Play, Gearbox Software announced that Borderlands 4 would be released two weeks earlier than initially planned, citing "incredible development work" as the reason. Despite this, fans speculated that the decision might be influenced by the anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6), especially given that both Gearbox and Rockstar Games are under the Take-Two Interactive umbrella.

Take-Two Interactive, during their November 2024 earnings call, confirmed intentions to launch GTA 6 in Fall 2025, which falls within the same fiscal year as Borderlands 4. However, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick emphasized in a November 2024 Variety interview that they would not intentionally schedule major releases to clash.

Gearbox Entertainment CEO Randy Pitchford addressed these speculations on Twitter (X) on April 30, firmly denying any influence from other game releases. He emphasized that the early release was due to their confidence in the game's quality, stating, "Our decision is literally 0% about any other product’s actual or theoretical launch date."

Regardless of the reasons behind the schedule change, fans are eagerly anticipating the early arrival of Borderlands 4, set to launch on September 12, 2025, across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. Stay tuned for more updates by checking out our related articles below!