Gamescom opening night live kicks off Surprisingly: Borderlands 4 is real and will be launched in 2025. Luckily, fans have been poring over the brief video and have already gotten some interesting clues and theories about what’s going to happen next year.
To review, Borderlands 4 Revealed trailer Showing a planet suddenly appearing in space and beginning to move towards another celestial body’s crystal barrier. It began to tear through the shields as flaming debris rained from the sky and cratered the surface. We then see a robotic arm reach into one of the mini craters and pick up a psychopathic bandit mask.
Fans immediately began to wonder if the tease at the end of the trailer was a hint at the main villain in Handsome Jack . Borderlands 2. He died on Pandora, but Borderlands 3 Haunted by his memories, numerous little nuggets of knowledge unearth his past. The face and vault symbols briefly flash at the end Borderlands 4 The trailer was interpreted as a nod to his return. Unfortunately, Gearbox Entertainment CEO Randy Pitchford has debunked this theory.
“That’s not Handsome Jack,” he Tell A fan. “That’s something much more dangerous and sinister.” In fact, Pitchford had to tell people over and over again that this was not Handsome Jack. Some other players were even relieved to hear that the studio wouldn’t be returning to its old status quo, but instead would be exploring new threats. You can click through the slideshow above to see what else eagle-eyed fans have discovered so far.
