Borderlands 4 developer Gearbox has outlined its post-launch plans for the sport, which embrace new Vault Hunters. These new additions to the roster will not be free, nevertheless, as they will be added to the sport via the $130 Tremendous Deluxe Version. Gearbox has not but revealed if they will be obtainable as standalone purchases, but it surely’s doubtless that the brand new Story Packs or an improve could be bought for the Customary or Deluxe Version of Borderlands 4.
Along with the brand new Story Packs including extra Vault Hunters, these will even throw in a wholly new area of Kairos with prolonged narrative content material, Gearbox said in a blog post. Extra storylines and facet missions might be included alongside varied cosmetics and Bounty Packs that may characteristic “extra tightly centered content material” for gamers.
Every Bounty Pack will characteristic a brand new space with recent missions alongside a singular boss combat, loot, a brand new kind of customized Digirunner car, and a Vault Card with its personal set of rewards for finishing sure challenges. Bounty Packs might be included within the Deluxe and Tremendous Deluxe Editions of the sport.
The earlier mainline Borderlands video games have had 4 post-launch expansions. The primary Borderlands sport launched fan-favorite character Moxxi within the Underdome Riot enlargement, Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Hold from Borderlands 2 was critically acclaimed, and Borderlands 3 introduced again everybody’s favourite villain Good-looking Jack–kind of–for a heist story.
Paywalling new Vault Hunters behind post-launch content material is not uncommon both for the collection, as characters like Gaige, Krieg, Good-looking Jack’s doppelganger Timothy, and Aurelia have been all obtainable as DLC or as preorder bonuses. The one exception to the rule is Borderlands 3, as all 4 playable Vault Hunters have been obtainable at launch and no further characters have been launched as post-launch DLC.
Borderlands 3 additionally had a variety of free DLC added to it over time, with one of many extra notable examples being a block-shifting puzzle sport that helped real-world scientists arrange knowledge. Thousands and thousands of gamers took half on this undertaking, they usually have been formally acknowledged as scientific contributors for his or her assist. Borderlands 4 launches on September 12 for PC, PS5, Xbox Collection X|S, and Swap 2, and forward of its arrival, Gearbox has been sharing just a few extra particulars on the sport.
We have already seen among the huge co-op adjustments that Gearbox has been engaged on, extra particulars on the brand new Vault Hunters have been revealed, and the loot system has additionally been overhauled.