Gearbox head Randy Pitchford cannot say something a few new Borderlands but, however guarantees “we’re not going to be making folks wait for a very long time earlier than we announce it”

There hasn’t been a brand new important sequence Borderlands sport in fairly some time, however Gearbox head Randy Pitchford is assured followers shall be “very, very blissful” with the subsequent one.

It was solely in 2022 after we final entered the world of Borderlands with New Tales from the Borderlands, and naturally there was the spinoff Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands too with a extra fantasy tackle the sequence’ basic taking pictures and looting Gameplay. However by way of the principle sequence, there hasn’t been a brand new sport since 2019’s Borderlands 3, an entire 5 years in the past. In order that raises the query of the place a hypothetical Borderlands 4 is perhaps? It was talked about final yr on a developer’s LinkedIn, however there hasn’t been an official announcement in any capability.

Now, in a latest interview with GamesRadar, Gearbox head Randy Pitchford shared that followers will not have to attend all that lengthy till they announce no matter’s subsequent for the world of Borderlands. “I have not been good at hiding the truth that we’re engaged on many issues, and that we’re engaged on massive issues,” Pitchford mentioned. “I’m assured that our followers are going to be very, very pleased with the subsequent online Game mission after we are able to announce it. And I’ll inform you that we’re not going to be making folks wait for a very long time earlier than we announce it.”

Pitchford additionally teased that an announcement a few follow-up to the upcoming Borderlands movie might arrive “earlier than the tip of the yr. We’ll see. Perhaps sooner.” He went on to say “I’ve the most important and finest group that I’ve ever had engaged on what we all know is precisely what our followers need from us – so I am very, very thrilled. I can not wait to speak about it! I want I might simply gush proper now as a result of we have a lot to say!”

These of you that liked Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands additionally possible have one thing to sit up for too, with Pitchford explaining that Gearbox had “a much bigger consequence with the primary Wonderlands sport than we did with the primary Borderlands sport, in order that’s one thing we are able to construct on. I like fantasy. That is why we did the unique Dragon Preserve DLC for Borderlands 2, as a result of I like fantasy a lot. So many people at Gearbox love fantasy, and it provides us that type of place to to fiddle with that within the context of the Borderlands themes and universe. I believe it is cheap for our followers to anticipate extra there.”

Up subsequent for Borderlands is clearly the movie, which is due out in a few weeks, August 8 within the UK, August 9 within the US.