2K has introduced two of its large hitters are set for recent reveals at this week’s The Game Awards: Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country.
“Who’s able to get their first have a look at essentially the most formidable Borderlands but?!” reads the tweet from the Borderlands account.
Prepare yourselves! We’re about to crank issues as much as the subsequent fucking degree at #TheGameAwards.
Who’s able to get their first have a look at essentially the most formidable Borderlands but?! pic.twitter.com/u7SJ2K2MPZ
— Borderlands (@Borderlands) December 9, 2024
“See you at @thegameawards!” reads the tweet from the Mafia account.
See you at @thegameawards! #MafiaTheOldCountry #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/0RVfkJLpx0
— Mafia Game (@mafiagame) December 9, 2024
Gearbox growth chief Randy Pitchford tweeted to hype up the Borderlands 4 trailer, which he stated consists of gameplay. He added that he will even share an unique cinematic sequence depicting a second that happens about midway between the top of Borderlands 3 and the start of Borderlands 4.
Both Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country are due out in some unspecified time in the future in 2025, doubtlessly working up towards the behemoth that’s Grand Theft Auto 6. Last month, Rockstar and 2K dad or mum firm Take-Two insisted GTA 6 was nonetheless on track for launch throughout fall 2025, regardless of ongoing hypothesis that Rockstar might delay the sport into 2026. 2K is ready to launch Borderlands 4 throughout the identical fiscal 12 months (in some unspecified time in the future between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026).
Is there a hazard, then, that GTA 6 will eat Borderlands 4’s lunch? Not so, in accordance with Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick. Speaking to Variety, Zelnick stated that whereas he couldn’t supply a launch date for GTA 6, the assured megahit gained’t cross paths with Borderlands 4. “I feel it’s protected to say that we wouldn’t, and nobody would, stack up big releases unnecessarily,” Zelnick stated.
What does this imply for Borderlands 4’s launch date? Well, to ensure that it to get out of the way in which of GTA 6 (assuming GTA 6 does certainly launch fall 2025), and to slot in with the subsequent fiscal 12 months, it will both must launch within the April to June 2025 quarter or the January to March 2026 quarter.
GTA 6 will most likely be the largest online game launch of all time, so no different recreation is protected from its gravitational pull. Even the may of Call of Duty, set to launch yet one more premium iteration round October or November 2025, might be sorely examined by GTA 6.
The Game Awards 2024 is ready for December 12.
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