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Vex Spotlight - Gameplay Overview, Character ShortJul 10, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsSirens are one of the most iconic classes in all of Borderlands, with supernatural Phase abilities that augment their run-and-gun expertise. It's high time we formally introduced you to Vex the Siren, one of the four all-new Vault Hunters who are wreaking havoc on Kairos in Borderlands 4! In the Vex Gameplay Overview above, you can witness Vex's destructive Phase energy in action, whether she's blasting enemies to bits with elemental orbs, summoning an entourage of aggressive Phase Clones, or letting her adorable (and deadly) feline Phase Phamiliar, aptly named Trouble, tear the opposition limb from limb. If you're generally a fan of companion classes or like to rack up kills with elemental damage, Vex is a great choice. Here's a high-level overview of the core Action Skill abilities Vex has at her disposal: Dead Ringer: Use multiple charges to spawn in a posse of Phase Clone Minions, which can be melee-slashing, enemy-taunting Reapers or immobile, turret-style Specters. These Minions aren't long for this world as they continually lose health the moment they spawn in, so enjoy their murderous tendencies while they last. Incarnate: Unleash devastating area-of-effect damage with Incarnate's initial Phase Explosion, decimating nearby aggressors and fully healing Vex in the process. She then enters a temporary powered-up state (peep that skeletal wingspan) which has faster movement and the ability to fire off blistering Eldritch Blasts. Phase Phamiliar: Invite Trouble to show off what a good boy he is, particularly when it comes to chomping down on enemies or fatally smacking them to bits with his tail. When it's time to take out a high-priority target, Trouble can teleport on top of them with an instantly damaging blast before taking on an even more Badass form. Skill tree fundamentals Every Vault Hunter has access to three unique Action Skills, but only one can be equipped at a time. They also have three distinct skill trees, each stemming from an Action Skill. By investing points into a skill tree and unlocking its deeper layers, you'll gain access to Augments that provide secondary bonuses to your Action Skills, and Capstones which modify or override specific Action Skill functionalities. Augments and Capstones can only be slotted into the Action Skill for that respective skill tree. Only one Capstone can be equipped at a time, and the same is typically true for Augments. You can use Action Skills from other skill trees even if you haven't invested any points into them, but you won't be able to equip the powerful Augments or Capstones from one skill tree onto the Action Skill of a different skill tree. Committing Skill Points to the skill tree that will properly synergize with your favorite Action Skill is key! Each Vault Hunter also has their own Trait: an always-on passive effect that doesn't require any skill points. Vex's Trait is Phase Covenant, which attunes her Action Skill and melee damage to the same Elemental Type as the gun she's curre...Steam Summer SaleJun 26, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsThe 2K Summer Sale!Hot deals on hot games! Cool down with summer savings!Save 15% on Sid Meier's Civilization VII*Save 86% on NBA 2K25 Standard Edition*Save 95% on Borderlands 3*Save 80% on Mafia Trilogy*And more! Don't miss out on incredible deals on 2K titles and DLC during the 2K Summer Sale!*Discount based on 2K's SRP. Sale ends 10:00am PST on July 10, 2025. Terms apply.The 2K Summer Sale!Borderlands Franchise Sale! Claim Borderlands 2 for free now!Jun 5, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsThrough June 18 at 10AM PT, during our Borderlands Franchise Sale on Steam, browse big discounts on the entire series. Also, make sure you don't miss the Borderlands 2 Giveaway ending June 8 at 10AM PT, letting you grab the classic looter shooter for free. Borderlands Franchise Sale While you're there, don't forget to wishlist Borderlands 4 now ahead of its launch on September 12, 2025! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285190/Borderlands_4/That’s a lot of Claptrap: Take-Two reveals the Borderlands franchise has sold nearly 93 million copies ahead of Borderlands 4 blowout later this yearMay 16, 2025 - VG247Take Two has recently released its 2025 investor presentation, and as you can imagine it's filled with all manner of interesting details about the publisher's suite of games. For Borderlands fans, it contains some intriguing sales info, including the eye-watering fact that the Borderlands series has sold nearly 93 million copies in total. Read more Watch the Gearbox Main Theater Show, recorded live at PAX EastMay 12, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHot off the heels of the Borderlands 4 Gameplay Showcase, the Gearbox team just dove deeper into Borderlands 4 live onstage at PAX East! During the Gearbox Main Theater Show, we heard directly from Gearbox Entertainment Founder and President Randy Pitchford, Global Creative Executive Officer Andrew Reiner, Lead Game Designer Nick Thurston, Associate Director of Narrative April Johnson, and Associate Creative Director Grant Kao about Kairos, the new Vault Hunters, and guns and skill trees, and much more! To watch the show and its lengthy Borderlands 4-centric segment, check out the VOD above. During the presentation, we also announced the game's presence at other upcoming events that fans won't want to miss. Next up is Borderlands Fan Fest in Los Angeles on June 21, which will debut the first-ever hands-on gameplay sessions for Borderlands 4! Then, later this summer, Borderlands 4 will be at Bilibili World in Shanghai, Gamescom in Cologne, and PAX West in Seattle. In the fall, we’ll also be at PAX Australia. Wishlist and Follow Borderlands 4 on Steam so you don't miss any updates in the lead-up to the September 12, 2025 launch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4qeqPZJTaE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUNd0bHHWloBorderlands 4 Gameplay ShowcaseApr 30, 2025 - Community Announcementshttps://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/45157740/23db36abe83e735bb78448556dd3eead6b221dda.jpg Wreak havoc across the dangerous new planet Kairos when Borderlands 4 launches on September 12, 2025! In today's special Gameplay Showcase presentation, Creative Director Graeme Timmins and Senior Project Producer Anthony Nicholson showed off the deepest ever look at Borderlands 4's explosive, carnage-filled gameplay. Check out two of our four new Vault Hunters, all kinds of new gear, the deadly regions you'll explore on Kairos, and much more! Following the cataclysm seen in our Teaser trailer and the contentious clash of our First Look trailer, the tyrannical Timekeeper is here to admonish us as we meet our four new Vault Hunters in this pulse-pounding Gameplay Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4qeqPZJTaE Ever since Gearbox created the looter shooter genre nearly 16 years ago, every Borderlands game has continued to refine the formula, delivering more loot and action with each entry. Borderlands 4 is hands-down the best, most ambitious Borderlands game to date. This all-new adventure is the perfect entry point for new players—and for existing players, you'll find the awesome gameplay you know and love cranked up to 11, with new movement abilities, the biggest and baddest enemies yet, a vast new planet to explore, and of course, billions of guns to loot. See for yourself in our Gameplay Deep Dive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUNd0bHHWlo Wreak havoc as a Vault Hunter The Borderlands games are set in an unforgiving sci-fi universe, where life is cheap and guns are plentiful. You play as a Vault Hunter, a badass mercenary on the hunt for alien Vaults, wielding wild guns and devastating abilities. In the Gameplay Deep Dive, you can get to know two of our four all-new Vault Hunters: Vex the Siren, who uses supernatural phase energy to empower herself and can conjure deadly minions, and Rafa the Exo-Soldier, a former Tediore trooper who wears an experimental exo-suit capable of digistructing an arsenal of weapons. You can check out all four Vault Hunters—Vex, Rafa, Amon, and Harlowe— on our new Borderlands 4 Game Info page. Each Vault Hunter class in Borderlands 4 offers a unique playstyle that empowers you to choose from three signature abilities that serve as your Action Skills. We're delivering our most advanced skill tree system yet, letting you enhance your Action Skills with special augments and capstone abilities. You can choose from three branching paths of passive abilities that enable an incredibly wide variety of distinctly powerful builds. https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/45157740/5f93f5797668008639ca6ca836bd55bd6991bf6c.jpg Every Vault Hunter also has a unique Trait that shapes their playstyle; for instance, Vex's Trait makes her Action Skills attune to the element of the weapon she currently has equipped, incentivizing an arsenal of elemental weapons to shock, burn, or freeze enemies based on the situation. Playing as a V...Gearbox Entertainment SaleMar 27, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsThrough April 10, during our Gearbox Software Sale on Steam, browse big discounts on a variety of Gearbox titles including the Borderlands series, Risk of Rain 2, Homeworld 3, Blanc, and more —then don't forget to wishlist Borderlands 4 on Steam while you're there! Not sure where to start shopping? Check out these bundles for some great deals on great Gearbox games! Bundle 1: MONSOON MAYHEM - Borderlands 3 - Risk of Rain 2 Bundle 2: THE ULTIMATE CO-OP - Godfall - Blanc - Homeworld 3 - Risk of Rain Returns - Borderlands 2 Gearbox Software Sale https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285190/Borderlands_4/ The 2K Spring Sale!Mar 13, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsDon't miss out on incredible 2K titles and DLC during the 2K Spring Sale! Save 90% on Sid Meier's Civilization VI Save 70% on NBA 2K25 Standard Edition Save 67% on Risk of Rain 2 Also save big on the Mafia Trilogy and Borderlands Franchise titles! *Sale ends 10:00am PST on March 20, 2025. Terms apply 2K Spring SaleBorderlands 4 Arrives September 12, 2025Feb 12, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsUPDATE April 2025: After this article was originally published, we revealed that Borderlands 4 is now planned for a new, earlier launch date of September 12, 2025! The article has been updated accordingly. Borderlands 4 is our most ambitious title to date, delivering more looter shooter Mayhem than ever before. We're excited to announce that Borderlands 4 is launching on September 12, 2025! Get ready to break free and wreak havoc on the dangerous new planet Kairos later this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNgWEB-_uvM In this new Launch Date Trailer, you can glimpse some of the intense action, outrageous enemies, and killer loot that awaits you on the dangerous new planet Kairos. Become an unstoppable force on the battlefield, blasting through enemies with your arsenal of outrageous weaponry. Control the flow of each encounter with devastating Action Skills that unleash your Vault Hunter's unique abilities. Flex your skill expression during combat using a wide range of new movement abilities, like gliding, dodging, fixed-point grappling, and more, to deftly deal death from every direction. As mentioned in the trailer's outro, the full Borderlands 4 gameplay reveal will debut during a State of Play coming later this spring. While you wait, you can wishlist Borderlands 4 now ahead of its launch on September 12, 2025! Wishlist and Follow Now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285190/Borderlands_4/2K 20th Anniversary EventFeb 6, 2025 - Community Announcements2K turns 20 this year, and we're celebrating with huge savings on some of our biggest titles! 2K 20th Anniversary Event Don't miss our ""20 for 20"" bundle featuring 20 of 2K's renowned legacy titles.* Experience greatness from 2K's library with timeless classics like Civilization IV, the original Mafia, Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition, and more! The award-winning Civilization strategy game franchise is returning with a revolutionary new chapter very, very soon. Sid Meier's Civilization VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known; build something you believe in and create a legacy that echoes through the Ages! Pre-purchase it now ahead of its launch on February 11, 2025, or grab the Deluxe Edition or time-limited Founders Edition** to start playing as early as February 6! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295660/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VII/ Later this year, 2K's critically acclaimed Mafia and Borderlands franchises are also coming back in a big way. Wishlist Mafia: The Old Country and Borderlands 4 now so you don't miss the latest reveals for these highly anticipated new titles. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1941540/Mafia_The_Old_Country/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285190/Borderlands_4/ *Digital only. Offer ends 10:00am PST on February 20, 2025. Terms apply. **Sid Meier's Civilization VII Founders Edition is a digital-only edition and only available until February 28, 2025.Borderlands 4 First Look Trailer at The Game AwardsDec 12, 2024 - Community Announcementshttps://youtu.be/26vY2GMfYTw Break free from a dangerous hidden planet as one of four new badass Vault Hunters in Borderlands 4. Get your first look at the upcoming looter shooter and wishlist it now before its arrival in 2025. The trailer, which debuted during The Game Awards, is just the first taste of the mayhem that awaits you on the new planet of Kairos. Get your first look at the four new Vault Hunters as they tear their way through gorgeous new environments brimming with deadly enemies. Following the cataclysmic arrival of Pandora's moon, Kairos is a powder keg ready to explode. Gather your friends, gear up on loot, and take the fight to the authoritarian Timekeeper. Stay tuned for the Borderlands 4 gameplay reveal in early 2025, giving you a closer look at this immense sci-fi adventure packed with free-form combat and exploration, pulse-pounding boss fights, infinitely varied loot drops, and an eclectic cast of unforgettable characters new and old. Wishlist Borderlands 4 now on Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation, and Xbox, and be sure to follow our social channels and sign up for the Borderlands newsletter so you don't miss the next big reveal. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45157740/687157e292b5f560473232275fe89244f42648e2.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45157740/c5ce2661fb2f4e9d0c1552214c48955d2e8fdfa4.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45157740/868f2033c8bf122707dad41279a86aef30ba2fe5.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45157740/0ba92fde973b232b225ea6e1b243ea936b1e0295.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45157740/1d5531a9f0476b337dd99ce3f384e3e6bc708662.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45157740/f6bc602bf91274f0a1f8785e28f99d5021b8b345.png https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285190/Borderlands_4/Don't miss Borderlands 4 at The Game AwardsDec 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsGet your first look at Borderlands 4 during The Game Awards 2024 on Thursday, December 12. Be sure to wishlist Borderlands 4 now and follow Borderlands on X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube for the latest updates. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285190/Borderlands_4/ We'll see you at The Game Awards; the show starts at 4:30PM PT / 7:30PM ET / 12:30AM GMT on Thursday, December 12. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45157740/840079f3a1ae503ae72e4161a79ad4f0e1adb155.gifGet deep discounts on 2K's biggest games in the latest Steam saleNov 27, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThis holiday season, save big on a bunch of 2K's best games! Enjoy discounted hits like the Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box, Risk of Rain 2, Mafia: Trilogy, and much more! 2K Steam Autumn Sale While you’re browsing, don’t forget to wishlist Borderlands 4 to stay in the loop on what’s next. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285190/Borderlands_4/ *Offers end 10:00am PST on December 4, 2024. Terms Apply.Wishlist Borderlands 4 nowAug 20, 2024 - Community Announcementshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1285190 See if you have what it takes to go down in history as a legendary Vault Hunter as you search for secret alien treasure, blasting everything in sight in Borderlands 4, coming in 2025. Wishlist the next entry in the iconic franchise now on Steam. Follow our social channels and sign up for the Borderlands newsletter to ensure you don't miss any future reveals for Borderlands 4. In the Borderlands 4 Teaser Trailer above, which debuted as part of Gamescom Opening Night Live with Geoff Keighley, you'll get your first glimpse of an all-new planet, and the moments directly following the ending of Borderlands 3. SPOILERS FOR BORDERLANDS 3'S ENDING BELOW After a pursuit that took the Crimson Raiders across the universe, Lilith finally regained her stolen Siren powers—but Pandora's moon of Elpis was on a catastrophic collision course with the planet. To save all of Pandora, Lilith was determined to "run towards the fire" and launched herself at Elpis, teleporting the entire moon into unknown space and leaving behind the Firehawk emblem. Now we've seen where Elpis ended up—along with the cataclysmic aftermath. Borderlands Franchise SaleAug 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsDon't miss big savings on the Borderlands series!* Learn More | Borderlands Franchise Sale Page *Sale ends 10:00am PST on August 19, 2024. Terms apply. Free Heroes of the Borderlands cosmetics for Borderlands 3!Jul 18, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThe long-awaited Borderlands movie hits theaters and IMAX on August 9, 2024—so to celebrate, we've popped open a loot chest's worth of new Heroes of the Borderlands cosmetic goodies that are free to all Borderlands 3 players on all platforms! As mentioned in the Borderlands 3 Update Notes for July 18, the latest update adds 4 Vault Hunter Heads, 4 Vault Hunter Skins, 4 Weapon Trinkets, 1 Weapon Skin, and 2 ECHO Skins for all players! Once you've installed the latest update, simply visit your nearest Quick Change station in-game to try on these all-new cosmetic items. These fetching new looks are inspired by fan-favorite Heroes of the Borderlands from throughout the series. Try on Moxxi's iconic top hat, adorn your guns with the cutest Salvador trinket you've ever seen, and even wear your hair like sweet ol' Grandma Flexington. Listed below are all the cosmetic items you'll find added to your collection in-game, along with the character they're based on. Get out there in Borderlands 3 and outfit your Vault Hunter with some fresh styles! 4 NEW Vault Hunter Heads (usable by all Vault Hunters) "Queen of Hearts" inspired by Moxxi "Owl Cowl" inspired by Athena "Grandma’s Strands" inspired by Grandma Flexington "Lawbringer Ringer" inspired by Nisha (before she went bad) 4 NEW Vault Hunter Skins (usable by all Vault Hunters) "Cabaret Killer" inspired by Moxxi "Pallas Malice" inspired by Athena "Flexington Fab" inspired by Grandma Flexington "Sheriff’s Duds" inspired by Nisha (before she went bad) 4 NEW Weapon Trinkets "Fran’s Frogun" inspired by Fran "Salvadorable" inspired by Salvador "Screamin’ Wings" inspired by Bloodwing "Dollar Kills" inspired by Octavio NEW Weapon Skin "Mad Touch" inspired by Moxxi 2 NEW ECHO Skins "Shooty Call" inspired by Moxxi "Siren’s Call" inspired by Firehawk Lilith Month of Mayhem SHiFT CodesSep 29, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsWeekly Golden Keys Every Friday during the Month of Mayhem, we're making it rain Golden Keys with SHiFT codes that unlock 3 Golden Keys each in Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition, Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Borderlands 3 for a total of 12 Golden Keys each week. SHiFT Code: RRRJT-B5TB3-J3JBJ-BJJJB-WTHSS Weekly Weapons SHiFT Code: KZWTB-KXR36-WZJ65-ZT3BT-563ZF {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36934327/a4ec3c974a0046b5b2a81e77b52c5c6b00a08e9e.png Make sure to redeem Month of Mayhem SHiFT codes on the Gearbox SHiFT site or via the in-game Social menu within Borderlands games before they deactivate on October 31 at 11:59 PM PT. As a reminder, each code may be redeemed once (1) per SHiFT account. Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box Whether you're a longtime fan or a series newcomer, you can snag every Borderlands game to date with Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box, available on Steam. If you own any Borderlands game within the Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box, you'll only pay for the content you don’t already own. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33369 Loot the Universe Remix - Week 4Sep 28, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsLoot the Universe Remix 🌌 The fourth and final week of Borderlands 3's LOOT THE UNIVERSE REMIX has arrived! Enemies on Nekrotafeyo and Krieg's Mind have a higher chance of dropping Legendaries from now until Oct 5. Happy Hunting! Learn all the details here 👉 https://2kgam.es/3sGDza0 Thanks for being part of the amazing Borderlands community, and make sure you don't miss out!  Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box Whether you're a longtime fan or a series newcomer, you can snag every Borderlands game to date with Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box, now available on PC via Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation. If you own any Borderlands game within the Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box, you'll only pay for the content you don’t already own. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33369 Month of Mayhem SHiFT CodesSep 22, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsWeekly Golden Keys Every Friday during the Month of Mayhem, we're making it rain Golden Keys with SHiFT codes that unlock 3 Golden Keys each in Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition, Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Borderlands 3 for a total of 12 Golden Keys each week. SHiFT Code: RR6TT-SBJ3T-BBJJJ-TBJ33-FTBFX Weekly Weapons SHiFT Code: WS5BJ-H56BR-C9JFK-ZB3J3-XCXHR {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36934327/d68927c5fed9f29843a0e4c3ec1d6bcd48caa9b5.png Make sure to redeem Month of Mayhem SHiFT codes on the Gearbox SHiFT site or via the in-game Social menu within Borderlands games before they deactivate on October 31 at 11:59 PM PT. As a reminder, each code may be redeemed once (1) per SHiFT account. Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box Whether you're a longtime fan or a series newcomer, you can snag every Borderlands game to date with Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box, available on Steam. If you own any Borderlands game within the Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box, you'll only pay for the content you don’t already own. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33369 Loot the Universe Remix - Week 3Sep 21, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsLoot the Universe Remix 🌌 We're entering the third week of LOOT THE UNIVERSE REMIX in Borderlands 3 so it's time for some new loot spots! Enemies on Pandora and Xylourgos have a higher chance of dropping Legendaries from now until Sep 28. Happy Hunting! Learn all the details here 👉 https://2kgam.es/3sGDza0 Thanks for being part of the amazing Borderlands community, and make sure you don't miss out! Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box Whether you're a longtime fan or a series newcomer, you can snag every Borderlands game to date with Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box, now available on PC via Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation. If you own any Borderlands game within the Borderlands Collection: Pandora's Box, you'll only pay for the content you don’t already own. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33369 Borderlands 3's Viewership Has Dropped 93% in its First Two Weeks on TwitchOct 2, 2019 - GitHypGamers were thrilled back in March when Gearbox Software officially announced Borderlands 3. But a series of cryptic tweets from Gearbox's CEO, Randy Pitchford, led to us predicting the game would launch as an Epic Games Store exclusive and upset a large portion of its fan base. Sure enough, Borderlands 3's release did end up becoming an Epic exclusive that sparked outrage among PC users; but that didn't stop streamers on Twitch from playing and helping Borderlands 3 hit #1 on Twitch on its launch day with a peak of 205k concurrent viewers. Now, just two weeks after the game's release, the hype for Borderlands 3 seems to have completed died down with an average of only 8.6k concurrent viewers per hour -- a quick decline that has resulted in BL3 already dropping outside of Twitch's top 20 most watched games and a 93% decline in viewership compared to its first weekend. More recently, Pitchford tweeted that Borderlands 3 player counts were “about twice-as-high” as Borderlands 2. Yet, neither Gearbox nor Epic have revealed any real numbers regarding the actual player counts... leading to speculation that BL3 could have seen peaks around 150-200k concurrent players on the Epic Games Store. Gearbox also still has plans for Borderlands 3 to be released on Steam in April 2020 where it will likely debut in Steam's top 10 and help revive the game after its controversial start on PC. But it looks like we'll have to wait until then for any official player numbers.There’s a High Chance Borderlands 3 Could Be an Epic Games Store Exclusive (If It’s Revealed in 2 Weeks)Mar 13, 2019 - GitHyp

Yesterday, Gearbox posted a cryptic message on Twitter teasing a big announcement in just two weeks on March 28. And so far, all signs (literally) seem to be pointing to the reveal of Borderlands 3 at PAX East.

With gamers recently voicing their frustration over EA and Bioware’s troubled launch of Anthem and often citing Borderlands as a shining example of how developers should properly make a loot shooter, now is without question the perfect time for Gearbox to jump back into the spotlight.

But with most fans getting caught up in the excitement of Borderlands 3 finally being revealed, many PC gamers are beginning to worry that the game could become another Epic Games exclusive…

Something that’s highly possible, considering Gearbox teamed up with Epic at the end of 2017 to bring the physical version of Fortnite to stores for $59.99 (before the game exploded in popularity as a free-to-play battle royale).

With the last Borderlands game using Epic's Unreal Engine 3, BL3 will most likely be on UE4. And in doing so, Epic would cover the 5% royalty fee on their store that Gearbox would have to otherwise pay on Steam. This would result in a 35%/65% split in revenue on Steam compared to a very enticing 12%/88% currently being offered by Epic.

This also wouldn’t be the first time that Gearbox made an exclusive deal using the Borderlands brand. Just last December, Gearbox upset PC gamers by teasing Borderlands 2 in VR, only to then reveal it as a PlayStation VR exclusive that could eventually come to PC at some point in 2019.

Around that same time in December 2018, Gearbox's CEO, Randy Pitchford, also made multiple comments on Twitter that hinted at a potential new deal with Epic, saying, “I am excited to support the Epic Games Store” followed by, “Their leadership on this front is welcome and due.”

Pitchford's comments went mostly unnoticed, until just two days ago when a user replied to what he said back in December, resulting in a new reply from Pitchford that has also gone unnoticed and should have Steam users worried: "Who cares which store you get your games from?"

After the disappointing launches of Aliens: Colonial Marines and Battleborn, and even allegedly being scammed out of millions of dollars himself, Gearbox and their CEO are often finding themselves surrounded by controversy. And after after so many financial problems, Gearbox could now be in the position to easily be courted by Epic.

Although Pitchford’s comments seem to be very pro-Epic as of late, Borderlands 2 still ranks among Steam’s top 50-100 games, with peaks of over 10k concurrent players at times, despite being released almost 7 years ago.

Hopefully, the long tail found with Steam’s loyal player base is enough to keep it on Steam and we'll see Borderlands 3 released simultaneously on all platforms (whenever it actually launches). But with Microsoft also revealing yesterday that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming soon to Steam, Epic is surely looking to keep up their current momentum by stealing another one of Steam’s most played franchises like Borderlands.