Since the game was first announced, there has been huge news revealed about Borderlands 4, like the official release date, new gameplay mechanics, vault hunters, and more. Starting with the release date in the teaser trailer from Gearbox 6 months ago, they didn’t have a specific date. We only knew it was set for 2025, but with the most recent trailer, they announced the official launch date is set for September 23, 2025.
Borderlands 4 is running off Unreal Engine 5 and will have new gameplay mechanics like swimming, which hasn’t been in any of the past games. Anytime you would go into the water, you would either die or walk in it. Another new mechanic is double jumping, which is seen in the trailer, along with faster movement and being able to throw grenades and shoot in mid-air. Another new mechanic is the ability to dash. One of the vault hunters could be seen using a grappling hook but it’s not confirmed if it’s just for that vault hunter or for every vault hunter. There’s also new graphics when killing enemies. Like before the game is set to be released on new gen consoles.
The four new vault hunters had been revealed in the gameplay trailer. We still don’t have names for them but one has a second gun and dual blades, one had the siren abilities, one was like a brute and one was a soldier type character. There has been criticism of the characters looking bland and looking more like side characters compared to the actual side characters with some saying that one of the vault hunters looked like an old character. There’s also a theory about that the siren character isn’t really a siren because of a gauntlet on her arm they think she’s injecting Eridium to get siren powers
Both of the antagonists have also been revealed, one known as the time keeper with his army, the order who rules over the new planet kairos which is supposed to be more of an open world map. He has been mentioned in Borderlands 3. Nerad said there were three vault monsters out there, one being grave ward, one being the traveler and of course one being the Timekeeper, he seems to be able to reverse time and events that take place. The other one named Queen Callis who leads the group called the rippers. The game looks to take a more serious turn this time around and could be the best in the series.
