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The Borderlands 4 State of Play dove deep into the brand new gameplay components of Gearbox Software program’s subsequent looter-shooter, with a great deal of info on loot, new varieties of enhancements, and two of the 4 playable Vault Hunters, Vex and Rafa. The trailer additionally highlighted the world of Kairos–a brand-new planet to the Borderlands universe–and how exploring it can focus much less on being given quests, and extra on discovering them your self.
Kairos, in accordance with the video, is a secret world, hidden away for hundreds of years by The Timekeeper, Borderlands 4’s primary villain. Its location was found because of the occasions of Borderlands 3, because the moon Lilith teleported away from Pandora broke the veil hiding Kairos and uncovered it to the remainder of the universe.
The State Of Play confirmed one of many sport’s missions, set in a snowy mountain space referred to as Terminus Vary. New motion skills had been highlighted–including gliding, dashing, double-jumping, and level grappling, and a brand new automobile referred to as a Digirunner–as properly as a dynamic climate system.
The demo then introduces a silo, which in accordance with the video is “one in every of a number of new actions discovered all through Borderlands 4.” These actions will seem “naturally” as gamers discover the world of Kairos, with out the necessity of being assigned the mission first–once you discover one in every of these random occasions, it will be added to your map and tracked on the HUD.
The newest in Gearbox Software program’s well-liked looter-shooter collection, Borderlands 4 was first introduced at Gamescom Opening Night time Stay 2024 final August. The first gameplay trailer then aired at The Sport Awards 2024, the place it was confirmed to launch in September of this 12 months.
Borderlands 4 will launch September 12 on Xbox Sequence X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Change 2, and PC. It was initially set to launch on September 23, however 2K and Gearbox moved the date up earlier this week–and they swear it was not due to Grand Theft Auto VI.