Borderlands developer Gearbox has known as on followers to let it know what they need subsequent from the subsequent sport in the franchise, as work begins on “an thrilling general course.”
Borderlands 4 simply wrapped up its Year 1 of DLC, and in a be aware to followers at the moment, Gearbox issued its long-awaited future content material announcement, confirming extra is coming to the looter shooter subsequent 12 months. “Shifting ahead, Weekly Exercise refreshes and Neighborhood Challenges will proceed,” Gearbox stated. “We simply wrapped our Year 1 roadmap, and the crew is cooking onerous on extra Borderlands 4 content material for subsequent 12 months.” What this content material entails past Weekly Exercise refreshes and Neighborhood Challenges was not specified.
Gearbox then spoke vaguely about its plans for the way forward for the Borderlands franchise, asking followers for his or her opinions.
“The crew is continually listening to neighborhood suggestions, and they’re exploring extra character arcs, storylines, and an thrilling general course for the way forward for the franchise,” Gearbox stated.
The studio continued: “… we’re additionally taking a greater look at the franchise as a entire. The place can we take it subsequent? What characters do you need to spend extra time with? What tales deserve a payoff? An enormous a part of that’s listening to you. Hold the dialog going – we’re listening. Inform us what you assume! Share your ideas with us on social and tune into the Gearbox Devcast. We’re all the time responding to neighborhood suggestions on that present.”
Don’t maintain your breath for the announcement of Borderlands 5 or no matter the subsequent sport finally ends up being known as, nonetheless. It feels like early days.
“All that stated, large plans take time, and we’d like some room to work,” Gearbox added. “You possibly can belief that we’ll speak extra when the time is correct. Now’s your probability to affect what we’ll say. We’re listening and we’re working onerous for you. Thanks for being with us in the Borderlands.”
The announcement comes as the Borderlands franchise crossed 100 million items bought. Over the summer season, followers have been questioning how effectively Borderlands 4 had completed not simply when it comes to launch gross sales, however persevering with participant base, and the way that may have affected Gearbox’s plans, as they waited for affirmation of a second 12 months of assist.
Since launching in September, Borderlands 4 has suffered varied controversies, principally to do with extreme PC efficiency points. Outspoken CEO Randy Pitchford went on the offensive, responding on to complaints on social media to Claptrap again at disgruntled followers.
Strauss Zelnick, boss of Gearbox father or mother firm Take-Two, beforehand admitted that Borderlands 4 gross sales had suffered “a little little bit of softness” as a results of the technical points, however expressed confidence “it’ll all be made up” given sufficient time. The Nintendo Swap 2 model was scrapped, with Take-Two saying Gearbox had prioritized continued “enhancements” to the sport on its current platforms.
All the whereas, Borderlands 4 stays on a ‘combined’ person evaluation score on Steam. After launching to over 300,000 concurrent gamers on Valve’s platform, Borderlands 4 now averages a concurrent peak in the 4 digits. Steam numbers don’t paint the total image of a sport’s reputation as it’s additionally on consoles, but it surely’s clear Borderlands 4 may do with a shot in the arm.
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