The bottom has simply shifted for anybody attempting to determine the precise launch date for Grand Theft Auto 6 as 2K has altered plans for one more recreation in its secure, Borderlands 4. The most recent entry in Gearbox's sequence will arrive 11 days sooner than beforehand introduced as it’ll debut on September 12.
After teasing a delay, Gearbox co-founder and CEO Randy Pitchford mentioned "the workforce has been working very laborious. The whole lot's going nice, truly. Actually, all the things's going sort of the very best case state of affairs. The sport is superior, the workforce is cooking." As such, Gearbox and 2K are bringing the discharge date ahead. Gearbox mentioned the choice was made after "a variety of conferences, playtesting and unbelievable improvement work."
Announcement in regards to the Borderlands 4 launch date – Please watch till the top: pic.twitter.com/cF85jG1p09
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) April 29, 2025
Sony is internet hosting a devoted State of Play for Borderlands 4 on April 30 (which is tomorrow, reality followers). The stream will run for round 20 minutes or so and you may watch it on the PlayStation’s Twitch and YouTube channels at 5PM ET.
In the meantime, that sound you simply heard was numerous recreation builders and publishers scrambling to infer what the revised Borderlands 4 date means for GTA 6. The latter remains to be scheduled to reach this fall and 2K is more likely to wish to have a buffer of at the very least a number of weeks to keep away from cannibalizing Borderlands 4 gross sales. If the autumn launch window nonetheless holds for GTA 6, meaning it ought to arrive someday in October or November (2K will definitely wish to have the sport out earlier than Black Friday in that state of affairs).
It's been extensively reported that publishers and studios are holding off on revealing launch dates for any video games they’ve popping out this fall to see when GTA 6 lands, to allow them to give that assured juggernaut as vast a berth as doable. Because it occurs, Sony is likely one of the few corporations that's locked in fall dates for main video games. Marathon will drop on Borderlands 4's previous date of September 23 whereas Ghost of Yōteiis slated to hit PS5 on October 2. Maybe Sony, which is working with 2K on selling Borderlands 4, is aware of extra in regards to the GTA 6 launch date than it's letting on.
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