Gearbox boss doubles down on Borderlands 4's new release date being unrelated to GTA 6, insists he has no "insider information" despite working under Take-Two

Borderlands 4 screenshot showcasing four different Vault Hunters taking on enemies with various weapons
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Gearbox Software CEO and president Randy Pitchford has once again claimed that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Borderlands 4's new release date is completely unrelated to GTA 6's impending launch.

Borderlands 4 is now scheduled to launch on Septemb💃er 12, more than a week earlier than previously planned, but since Gearbox Software and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Rockstar Games are both owned by parent company Take-Two, many fans speculated that the looter s💦hooter only moved to get out of GTA 6's way.

Rockstar's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming game is still slated for a fall 2025 release and Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick previously said its games aren't going to cannibalize each other: 🐭"We wouldn't, and no one would, s🌳tack up huge releases." Hence, all the speculation around Borderlands 4's move is pretty understandable. Heck, even companies that aren't under the same umbrella said they were ✃being wary of the black hole that is GTA 6.

Despite all the chatter, however, Randy Pitchford stood firm that the earlier-than-expected release is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"100% the rꦿesult of✤ confidence in the game," and appare𝓡ntly had no connection to any other products.

Pi♏tchford is now doubling down. "Interesting that this comment got more pick up than the date change itself," he recently. "Believe what you want, but if you are making any decisions based on the belief that I have some insider information about some other gam🐭e launch, you would be mistaken."

"We're super confident in the game and we are ready to launch early, so there was no sense in holding out," he added🉐. "The sooner we launch, the sooner we'll also get feedback. We listen and learn and are excited to get a bite at that apple as we are working on exciting💛 post-launch efforts."

GTA 6's release date remains a mystery to almost everyone outside of Take-Two and Rockstar's walls, it seems, and it's likely to remain that way for a while more as Zelnick also recently said the company isn't going to "provide marketing materials" until we get "relatively close to the release w🅰indow."

Check out everything announced at the Borderlands 4 State of Play.

Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and 🌺Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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