To say that Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford is passionate about Borderlands 4 – and the looter shooter series as a whole – would be an enormous understatement. Pitchford is constantly singing the upcoming game's praises on social media with near-overwhelming enthusiasm, and sitting down with him at Gamescom 2025, it's immediately apparent that this isn't just an online persona.
Chatting beneath an enormous Borderlands 4 poster – though Pitchford's loud, patterned shirt is somehow still the brightest thing in the room – it's apparent he's bursting with pride. As we begin discussing the looter shooter genre and how it's evolved in the years since the first Borderlands popularized it ("Some say it created it," he chimes in), it's easy to see why. In his words, the series "went from an industry that predicted that we would die" to pioneering "a whole new genre."
