Gearbox reveals new Borderlands 4 gameplay details

Yesterday following news of the release date for Borderlands 4 being brought forward, Gearbox revealed all-new details about the game and dropped a gameplay trailer. 

Borderlands 4 continues to make headlines today with the release of the new gameplay trailer. Gearbox has a marketing deal with PlayStation for Borderlands 4, so the game got its own State of Play stream, joining the likes of Final Fantasy 16 and Hogwarts Legacy as major third-party titles to get their own dedicated State of Play.

The gameplay trailer sets the stage for a showdown with Timekeeper, a ruthless dictator on the planet Kairos. In the longer state of play stream, Gearbox showcased more gameplay of two of the four new Vault Hunter characters – Vex (Siren) and Rafa (Soldier). Each Vault Hunter class in Borderlands 4 aims to offer a unique playstyle. Users will be able to tweak things to their liking with access to three ability trees.

As the new game takes place on a new planet, Gearbox has spent a lot of time coming up with new weapon types, all stemming from three new in-universe weapons manufacturers. That list includes:

• Order guns focus on precision with high-powered bursts
• Ripper guns charge up to go fully automatic
• Daedalus guns are easy-to-use and incorporate multiple ammo types
• Tediore guns are reloaded by tossing them as grenades
• Maliwan guns specialize in elemental damage to burn, freeze, and shock
• Jakobs guns can fire bullets as fast as you can shoot with ricochets on critical hits
• Vladof guns have a high rate of fire and huge magazines
• Torgue guns have heavy-duty explosive rounds that can switch to sticky projectiles.

Gearbox has also made improvements to looting, making farming for coveted gear “much more intuitive”. Players will be able to replay missions as many times as required to obtain certain drops, or you can use the Big Encore Machine to replay specific boss fights.

Borderlands 4 will be launching on the 12th of September for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. The game is also coming to Nintendo Switch 2.

KitGuru Says: Are any of you looking forward to Borderlands 4? 

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