Yesterday, October 23, "diehard Borderlands fan" Caleb McAlpine shared that he was diagnosed with terminal stage 4 cancer this past August, with doctors estimating he has 7 - 12 months to live in the worst case and under two years even if he responds well to chemotherapy treatments. This left him unsure whether "I will be around for Borderlands 4," which is currently scheduled to launch sometime in 2025, meaning it could still be over a year away at the time of writing.
This uncertainty prompted a post from McAlpine in the Borderlands 3 Reddit community, asking if anyone "knows how to get in touch with Gearbox to see if there is a way to play the game early. Long shot but thought I would try." The post now has over 13,000 upvotes and is pinned to the sub-feed.
