Later this 12 months, Borderlands 4 will ship gamers to discover a brand new planet known as Kairos. A earlier trailer launched the sport’s villain, the Timekeeper, and his minions. Now, the Borderlands 4 dev group is sharing a better have a look at Kairos itself, in addition to the assorted factions who stay there.
As talked about within the video, Kairos is a jail planet that is been dominated by the Timekeeper for a very long time. The Timekeeper’s management over the inhabitants might not be absolute, however he nonetheless possesses the expertise to oppress the individuals and see by their eyes at his whim.
Many of the new factions launched within the video have their very own causes to hate the Timekeeper. The lone exception thus far is Idolater Sol of the Fadefields. He is been exiled from the capital metropolis and Sol is raring to get again within the Timekeeper’s good graces and show his price after the gamers’ get together arrives on the planet. The opposite factions could oppose the Timekeeper, however there isn’t any assure they’re going to be on the facet of the participant.
Narrative director Sam Winkler not too long ago disclosed that Borderlands 4 is introducing a quantity management for Claptrap. In different phrases, you possibly can lastly make Claptrap shut up. The dev group has indicated that Kairos is a “seamless world” that will not be slowed down by load screens whereas gamers discover the planet. Gamers may even be capable to replay beforehand accomplished missions.
Gearbox has promised that there are extra expertise per character than the final two video games mixed. Borderlands 4 can also be slated to introduce a radar function, which has been requested by followers for a very long time.
Borderlands 4 will hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC on September 12. A port for Change 2 will probably be coming a bit additional down the road.