2K has introduced two of its large hitters are set for recent reveals at this week’s The Game Awards: Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country.
“Who’s able to get their first look at the most formidable Borderlands but?!” reads the tweet from the Borderlands account.
Put together yourselves! We’re about to crank issues as much as the subsequent fucking stage at #TheGameAwards.
Who’s able to get their first look at the most formidable Borderlands but?! pic.twitter.com/u7SJ2K2MPZ
— Borderlands (@Borderlands) (*4*)
“See you at @thegameawards!” reads the tweet from the Mafia account.
See you at @thegameawards! #MafiaTheOldCountry #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/0RVfkJLpx0
— Mafia Game (@mafiagame) December 9, 2024
Gearbox improvement chief Randy Pitchford tweeted to hype up the Borderlands 4 trailer, which he stated consists of gameplay. He added that he can even share an unique cinematic sequence depicting a second that happens about midway between the finish of Borderlands 3 and the starting of Borderlands 4.
Each Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country are due out at some level in 2025, doubtlessly operating up in opposition to the behemoth that’s Grand Theft Auto 6. Final month, Rockstar and 2K father or mother firm Take-Two insisted GTA 6 was nonetheless on the right track for launch throughout fall 2025, regardless of ongoing hypothesis that Rockstar might delay the recreation into 2026. 2K is ready to launch Borderlands 4 throughout the identical fiscal yr (at some level between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026).
Is there a hazard, then, that GTA 6 will eat Borderlands 4’s lunch? Not so, in line with Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick. Talking to Variety, Zelnick stated that whereas he couldn’t provide a launch date for GTA 6, the assured megahit gained’t cross paths with Borderlands 4. “I believe it’s protected to say that we wouldn’t, and nobody would, stack up large releases unnecessarily,” Zelnick stated.
What does this imply for Borderlands 4’s launch date? Effectively, so as for it to get out of the method of GTA 6 (assuming GTA 6 does certainly launch fall 2025), and to slot in with the subsequent fiscal yr, it could both must launch in the April to June 2025 quarter or the January to March 2026 quarter.
GTA 6 will most likely be the greatest online game launch of all time, so no different recreation is protected from its gravitational pull. Even the may of Name of Obligation, set to launch one more premium iteration round October or November 2025, can be sorely examined by GTA 6.
The Game Awards 2024 is ready for December 12.
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