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Borderlands 4 is out now on PC forward of its world launch throughout all platforms, and on Steam it’s already capturing up the most-played video games chart with a concurrent participant depend larger than all different Borderlands video games.
At the time of this text’s publication, Gearbox’s looter shooter had over 148,000 concurrent gamers on Steam, making it the sixth most-played recreation on Valve’s platform. For context, Borderlands 2 set a Steam peak concurrent participant depend of 124,678 13 years in the past, with Borderlands 3 hitting a peak of 93,820 five-and-a-half years in the past, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel reaching 68,238 10 years in the past. Borderlands Recreation of the 12 months Version has a peak of 23,655.
So, all indicators level to an enormous launch for Borderlands 4. Try IGN’s Borderlands 4 evaluation to search out out what we consider the recreation. In case you are delving into Borderlands 4 do not go with out our up to date hourly SHiFT codes listing. Plus try our skilled gamers’ decisions for which character to decide on (nobody agreed).
In the meantime, you should definitely try IGN’s current interview with narrative director Sam Winkler, lead author Taylor Clark, and managing director of narrative properties Lin Joyce to study extra about why the group determined to create a extra grounded story this time round.
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