Borderlands 4 writer Take-Two has mentioned that improvement on the sport’s Swap 2 model is formally now on “pause” following its last-minute delay.
A Swap 2 port for the Gearbox looter shooter was initially introduced throughout Nintendo’s massive April 2025 Direct after which pegged to reach on October 3, 2025, earlier than its launch was scrubbed only a week previous to launch. Pre-orders have been cancelled, although Gearbox framed the transfer as a delay, not a full scrapping of the mission.
Certainly, the developer mentioned it hoped to “align” its Swap 2 launch with the addition of cross saves to the sport — one thing which now appears to not be on the playing cards.
Talking to Selection this week, a Take-Two spokesperson has mentioned that work on Borderlands 4’s Swap 2 version was not ongoing, as Gearbox prioritized continued “enhancements” to the sport on its current platforms.
It is a curious scenario, not least as a result of the sport’s Swap 2 model acquired so near launch, and had been performed publicly in demo type at varied occasions final 12 months, akin to at Gamescom 2025 in Cologne. Opinion on the sport’s Swap 2 demo was combined, although Borderlands 4 has additionally suffered from technical points even on the extra highly effective PlayStation 5 Professional and Xbox Sequence X. The sport’s Steam evaluation ranking has additionally suffered from destructive feedback concerning its PC efficiency, too.
“We made the troublesome determination to pause improvement on that SKU,” Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis instructed Selection this week. “Our focus continues to be delivering high quality post-launch content material for gamers on the continued enhancements to optimize the sport.
“We’re persevering with to collaborate carefully with our pals at Nintendo. We’ve PGA Tour 2K25 popping out and WWE 2K26 [for Switch 2], and we’re extremely enthusiastic about bringing extra of our titles to that platform sooner or later.”
That final sentence is intriguing, too — the suggestion that Take-Two could now be focusing its Swap 2 plans elsewhere. May Nintendo’s console grow to be residence to GTA 6, which appears to be like more and more more likely to make its late 2026 launch date? Time will inform. Final night time, we additionally realized that GTA 6 is not going to skip a bodily version at launch, regardless of rumors on the contrary.
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