{"id":1189173,"date":"2026-02-16T20:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xGkVEKnEiaCWRvtnujZbXG"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:19:02","slug":"randy-pitchford-says-borderlands-4s-new-release-date-is-literally-0-about-any-other-products-actual-or-theoretical-launch-date-and-you-know-hes-talking-about-grand-theft-auto-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/randy-pitchford-says-borderlands-4s-new-release-date-is-literally-0-about-any-other-products-actual-or-theoretical-launch-date-and-you-know-hes-talking-about-grand-theft-auto-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 4&#8217;s new release date &#8216;is literally 0% about any other product\u2019s actual or theoretical launch date,&#8217; and you know he&#8217;s talking about Grand Theft Auto 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Game delays are a common part of life in videogames, but game advances\u2014where a game&#8217;s release date is moved up instead of back? Not so much. It happens, but it&#8217;s a rarity\u2014in most cases, developers are hammering away on games practically right up to the moment of their release. So eyebrows understandably went up yesterday when Gearbox <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/borderlands-4-is-bringing-its-release-date-forward-a-week-and-im-already-breaking-out-my-gta-6-conspiracy-board\/\">moved up the release of Borderlands 4<\/a> by more than a week, from September 23 to September 12.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate and obvious question was <em>why<\/em>, and there was really no answer forthcoming. Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford said it was just a matter of development going really, really well, which is great to hear but come on: Are you really going to short yourself 11 days of dev time just because you can\u2014especially when the release is still five months out?<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Announcement about the Borderlands 4 launch date &#8211; Please watch until the end: pic.twitter.com\/cF85jG1p09<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1917232560943345997\">April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Immediate suspicion for the &#8220;real&#8221; reason fell on other games, and the urge to avoid them: Bungie&#8217;s extraction shooter <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/marathon-guide\/\">Marathon<\/a> is also slated for release on September 23, and that could certainly be an issue.<\/p>\n<p>But the real 4D chess players turned their thoughts to the possibility of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/grand-theft-auto-6\/\">Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a> kicking the door down around the same time. It&#8217;s currently got a fall 2025 release window and while that&#8217;s awfully vague, Gearbox\u2014like Rockstar\u2014is a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/flagging-megacorp-embracer-group-is-now-selling-off-gearbox-entertainment-to-take-two-for-dollar460-million\/\">Take-Two studio<\/a>, so it <em>might <\/em>have the inside track on what&#8217;s coming, and thus <em>might <\/em>be doing a quick shuffle up the calendar to avoid being stepped on like a bug. Which is no disrespect to Borderlands 4\u2014<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/grand-theft-auto\/publishers-dont-want-to-be-anywhere-near-grand-theft-auto-6-when-it-launches-its-proving-to-be-very-stressful\/\">everything<\/a> that tries its luck in close proximity to GTA 6 is going to be stepped on like a bug.<\/p>\n<p>Pitchford, however, says unequivocally that&#8217;s not the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Borderlands 4 shipping early is 100% the result of confidence in the game and development trajectory backed by actual tasks and bug find\/fix rates,&#8221; he wrote on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DuvalMagic\/status\/1917393753456664966\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>. &#8220;Our decision is literally 0% about any other product\u2019s actual or theoretical launch date.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1055px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:37.63%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"uYiijv644SNGbKXLvAJskQ\" name=\"rand\" alt=\"Borderlands 4 shipping early is 100% the result of confidence in the game and development trajectory backed by actual tasks and bug find\/fix rates. Our decision is literally 0% about any other product\u2019s actual or theoretical launch date.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/randy-pitchford-says-borderlands-4s-new-release-date-is-literally-0-about-any-other-products-actual-or-theoretical-launch-date-and-you-know-hes-talking-about-grand-theft-auto-6.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1055\" height=\"397\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Randy Pitchford (Twitter))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That&#8217;s clear enough, and frankly I&#8217;m not buying it. Not entirely, anyway: The denial is firm but until Take-Two commits to a solid GTA 6 release date\u2014for consoles, recall, a PC version still isn&#8217;t confirmed at this point\u2014I&#8217;m going to allow myself just a little bit of conspiracy theory fun, as a treat.<\/p>\n<p>We may not ever really know what&#8217;s going on behind Take-Two&#8217;s closed doors (unless it announces a September 23 release date for GTA 6, in which case I think we can all make some safe assumptions), but we&#8217;ll get a closer look at Borderlands 4 itself later today, April 30, at the Borderlands 4 State of Play showcase beginning at 2 pm PT\/5 pm ET\/10 pm BST on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/playstation\" target=\"_blank\">Twitch<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/PlayStation\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"fbb494e1-896d-45d7-82b2-ac5649560284\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Borderlands 4\" data-dimension48=\"Borderlands 4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:841px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Di7aagQAgXgEx92v4Cq4gn\" name=\"borderlands-4\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/randy-pitchford-says-borderlands-4s-new-release-date-is-literally-0-about-any-other-products-actual-or-theoretical-launch-date-and-you-know-hes-talking-about-grand-theft-auto-6.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"841\" height=\"841\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/borderlands-4-release-date-trailers\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"fbb494e1-896d-45d7-82b2-ac5649560284\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Borderlands 4\" data-dimension48=\"Borderlands 4\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Borderlands 4<\/strong><\/a>: What we know so far<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/borderlands-3-shift-codes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Borderlands 3 Shift codes<\/strong><\/a>: Golden key connection<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/tiny-tinas-wonderlands-shift-codes-skeleton-keys\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tiny Tina&#8217;s Shift codes<\/strong><\/a>: Free skeleton keys<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gaming gunplay<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/randy-pitchford-says-borderlands-4s-new-release-date-is-literally-0-percent-about-any-other-products-actual-or-theoretical-launch-date-and-you-know-hes-talking-about-grand-theft-auto-6\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game delays are a common part of life in videogames, but game advances\u2014where a game&#8217;s release date is moved up instead of back? Not so much. It happens, but it&#8217;s a rarity\u2014in most cases, developers are hammering away on games practically right up to the moment of their release. So eyebrows understandably went up yesterday when Gearbox moved up the release of Borderlands 4 by more than a week, from September 23 to September 12. The immediate and obvious question was why, and there was really no answer forthcoming. Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford said it was just a matter of development going really, really well, which is great to hear but come on: Are you really going to short yourself 11 days of dev time&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/randy-pitchford-says-borderlands-4s-new-release-date-is-literally-0-about-any-other-products-actual-or-theoretical-launch-date-and-you-know-hes-talking-about-grand-theft-auto-6\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1189174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1189173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 4&#039;s new release date &#039;is literally 0% about any other product\u2019s actual or theoretical launch date,&#039; and you know he&#039;s talking about Grand Theft Auto 6 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Game delays are a common part of life in videogames, but game advances\u2014where a game&#039;s release date is moved up instead of back? 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