Gearbox's Randy Pitchford says "sometimes we're white-knuckling to the landing," but with Borderlands 4 they've never "been in a better spot this far from launch"

Borderlands 4.

Gearbox Software co-founder, Gearbox Entertainment CEO, and frequent magician Randy Pitchford has said Borderlands 4 is in a better position today than any other game in the series this far away from its release date.

Borderlands 4's release date was recently moved up to September 12, more than a week earlier than its original launch day of September 23, because the developer was apparently "cooking" and the game was already "awesome." Essentially, development was progressing smoothly and the game would've been ready earlier than expected anyway.