On September 12, 2025, Gearbox Software and 2K launch Borderlands 4 on the PlayStation 5 (PS5) console, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store.

During a dedicated PlayStation’s State of Play presentation on April 30, 2025, the game’s developers released extended gameplay footage, along with a first look at two of four new Vault Hunters that are featured in Borderlands 4. Vex the Siren can empower herself or manifest deadly shades to fight alongside her, while Rafa the Exo-Soldier shines as a former Tediore trooper who wears an experimental exo-suit capable of digistructing an arsenal of weapons. Each Vault Hunter offers a unique playstyle, further augmented through the most advanced skill tree system in a Borderlands game to-date.

Across the vast and seamlessly connected planet of Kairos, players face the oppressive Timekeeper. For thousands of years, he kept the planet hidden, controlling its inhabitants with cybernetic implants called Bolts and an army of synthetic soldiers known as The Order. Players travel across the planet where they encounter new and returning characters, creatures and inhabitants to battle, and unique factions spread across four distinct regions that seek freedom from the tyranny of the Timekeeper. The friends discovered along the way can be recruited by players to their cause while enemies experience first-hand the arsenal of weapons and abilities wielded by the Vault Hunters.

Borderlands 4 makes it easier for friends to jump into co-op multiplayer with a new system for players to form parties online and stay together when switching game modes. The game is designed for co-op from the ground up, with instanced loot for each player, dynamic level scaling, and individual difficulty to keep the party together.