Borderlands 4 is set on an "all-new planet" rather than series mainstay Pandora
Aug. 21, 2024We’re breaking new ground
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For the first time in the Borderlands series,Borderlands 4pivots away from Pandora and takes the action to an “all-new planet.”
Yesterday’s Borderlands 4 reveal trailer at theGamescom Opening Night Liveshowcase didn’t really tell us a whole lot about the game. We saw some sort of planet with weird purple cracks hurtling through outer space, seemingly shattering the sky of another, second planet, and a classic ‘psycho’ helmet being picked up by an unseen figure.
So there we have it: Borderlands 4 is taking place on a brand new planet, for the very first time for a mainline game in the series. Borderlands 1 through 3, as well as Tales From the Borderlands, all took place on Pandora . The only Borderlands games that didn’t were Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands and New Tales From the Borderlands, but the former was very deliberately a spin-off game.
Putting the Borderlands 4 reveal just 2 weeks after the Borderlands movie’s $90m flop is being hailed as Randy Pitchford’s ultimate “big brain move.”
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