One of September's biggest game launches has been the arrival of Borderlands 4 — Gearbox Software's long-awaited co-op looter shooter, and the first new mainline entry in the franchise since 2019's Borderlands 3. It released on September 12 to positive reviews from critics, and quickly attracted a very large player base across Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and PS5.
But while the title has received high praise for the quality of its gameplay, story, and presentation, something it's gotten quite a bit of criticism for is its performance, along with the absence of some key features on console like a field-of-view (FOV) slider and a toggle for motion blur. As a result, the game fell to a "Mixed" rating at launch, and hasn't risen above it since.
