In the debut release of Beyond The Borderlands video days, the key specialists of Gearbox Software talked about how the central characters of the first -person cooperative shooter Borderlands 4 are being formed. It is noted that at an early stage, each employee of the studio can offer his own concept of the hero. Dozens of internal pits gather in the units, after which the team combines the most successful ideas into the final prototypes.
The artistic department seeks, on the one hand, to preserve the style of “brutal comic fantastic” recognizable for the franchise, and on the other, to show hunters for treasures in unusual light. An example is the processing of traditional archetypes: a soldier can get an exoskeleton with additional limbs, and siren can use not only light, but also gloomy spiritualistic energy. Three types of weapons or skills that are combined in battle are distinguished to each character, changing the tactical pattern of battles.
Testing is carried out at all stages – from animation to balancing skills. The development manager emphasizes that no mechanic is considered completed until the cycle of internal and external pleestations es; Changes are made up to the freezing of the code. A separate priority is a community reaction. Analytics of forums and streams help the authors understand the hidden expectations of the audience and “play on contrast” in order to maintain an element of surprise in the final version.
The studio assures that the fourth part of the series will become the largest in of space and the density of filling. Along with an increase in the world, the environmental details will increase, and the weapon generator will offer billions of options, which significantly exceeds the indicators of past issues.
The release of Borderlands 4 will be held on September 12, 2025 at the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S, and later on Nintendo Switch 2.
