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Gearbox's Randy Pitchford says Borderlands "ushered in a whole new genre" of looter shooters, and imitators get it wrong when they "twist it too far," unlike Gearbox: "We tend to commit to the bit"

"Borderlands is the borderland between a role-playing game and a shooter"

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Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 4 is worth $200, but he wishes 'they'd give it away'

I guess $70 is an OK compromise between free or $200.

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Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says the game industry once expected a genre experiment like Borderlands to "die," but it actually became "one of the leading video game franchises in the world": "It's kind of humbling"

"We are always exploring the boundaries"

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Borderlands 4’s new Kairos location offers a more active open world through adaptive mechanics, devs say

Destructoid interviewed top Gearbox devs at gamescom to learn more about the new planet.

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Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says "I think they could charge $200" for Borderlands 4, "you can't find a better value in the world for any type of entertainment," then adds: "I wish they'd give it away, because then everyone would play it"

You might worry about pricing, but Randy Pitchford won't

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Borderlands 4 has 'more passive perks than all the previous Borderlands combined'—uh, is that a good thing?

There's around 80 per character.

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Borderlands 4 designer points to Baldur's Gate 3 as an RPG inspiration for Gearbox's new and improved buildcrafting: "I want to hit the end game and be doing billions of damage"

Gearbox says you can use Borderlands 4's characters "in a bunch of different ways"

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Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 4's story is inspired by the sale of Gearbox, then glazes over and says it's about where we as individuals want to be on the spectrum of anarchy to fascism

Which is just what I expect from the series with the pooping robot.

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Borderlands 4 laughs in the face of Borderlands 3's 1 billion guns as Gearbox says there's 30 billion this time, which the devs kept track of using a Matrix-style "wall" of weapons

Don't get too attached

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Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says Wolfenstein 3D and Diablo influenced the OG Borderlands as the devs aimed to "blend the moment-to-moment fun of a shooter" with the satisfaction of progression

Wolfenstein helped Randy Pitchford "find a thrill and a joy in action games"

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Randy Pitchford and his "big personality" may have caused Gearbox some controversy with all that $80 Borderlands 4 banter, but his boss wouldn't have it any other way: "I still love him to death"

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick hails Randy Pitchford as "one of the all time great game makers"

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The new Borderlands 4 Vault Hunter that I knew the least about suddenly looks like one of the most interesting characters, and I didn't expect him to remind me of the modern God of War games

Axes, fire, ice, beard – I'm catching a vibe here

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The new Borderlands 4 trailer feels like an extreme parody of the 2025 games industry: a (literal) bloodbath caused by board members killing cool ideas to save money

New Vault Hunter Rafa gets one of Gearbox's bloodiest trailers yet

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Borderlands 4 has the "biggest world" Gearbox has ever made, and it's as seamless as it can be thanks to the power of "technical bulls***" that allows for "less borders, more lands"

"Let's not limit the player"

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"Borderlands is already bats**t," says Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford, so why should Borderlands 4 "care about the laws of physics" with new movement tech

"What if we just freed ourselves and found the most fun way to maneuver around?"

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Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 4 is intended to "bring new people in" to the series, and I can only hope it's better at that than the Borderlands movie and its $110 million loss

But don't worry - Gearbox wants to "look after" old fans too

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Gearbox's Randy Pitchford celebrates Borderlands 4 going gold by explaining what that means: "The moment we're done is about as monumental as anything we experience in our lives"

This has real "back in my day" energy

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Risk of Rain 2, now under Borderlands house Gearbox, vows to take “full responsibility” for AI art it calls a “mistake” – “We are sending the designer to the Void Fields as punishment”

"The new Acrid was real. You will see him again soon."

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"The meme is over": Borderlands 4 fans sigh in relief as Gearbox puts out a trailer that isn't for Vex, showing off series throwback Rafa, who might be the best melee Vault Hunter ever made

Vexlands has ended, return to melee

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Borderlands 4 boss confirms "there will be a download, even for physical copies" on Switch 2, which will "mostly" run at 30 FPS "with some dips"

Sounds like physical versions of Borderlands 4 on Switch 2 will be game-key cards

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Borderlands 4 sets Switch 2 release date for October, Gearbox's Randy Pitchford decrees from a literal throne as he calls Nintendo's new console a "fricking awesome platform"

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford confirmed the date himself, in a weird video message of course

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Borderlands 4 devs say designing their dark interpretation of the Siren "was development hell," but now her look is "the chef's kiss to her action skills"

"Goth girl" Vex is Gearbox's "darkest take" on the Siren formula yet

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Borderlands 4 is out now, so I'm looking back on the 5 best Gearbox games

From Risk of Rain to Brothers in Arms, here are the best Gearbox games to play if you're holding out on Borderlands 4

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Gearbox reveals a surprising series first coming in Borderlands 4: Vex is the first playable Siren to "focus specifically on kinetic damage," which is great news for lifesteal lovers like me

Vex sounds like a warlock ranger, which sounds pretty cool

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