Borderlands 4 writer Take-Two has stated that growth on the sport’s Change 2 model is formally now on “pause” following its last-minute delay.
A Change 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 undertaking.
Certainly, the developer stated it hoped to “align” its Change 2 launch with the addition of cross saves to the sport — one thing which now appears to now not be on the playing cards.
Chatting with Selection this week, a Take-Two spokesperson has stated that work on Borderlands 4’s Change 2 version was now 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 Change 2 model obtained so near launch, and had been performed publicly in demo kind at varied occasions final yr, resembling at Gamescom 2025 in Cologne. Opinion on the sport’s Change 2 demo was blended, although Borderlands 4 has additionally suffered from technical points even on the extra highly effective PlayStation 5 Professional and Xbox Collection X. The sport’s Steam evaluate ranking has additionally suffered from unfavorable feedback concerning its PC efficiency, too.
“We made the tough resolution to pause growth on that SKU,” Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis informed Selection this week. “Our focus continues to be delivering high quality post-launch content material for gamers on the continuing enhancements to optimize the sport.
“We’re persevering with to collaborate intently with our mates 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 might now be focusing its Change 2 plans elsewhere. Might Nintendo’s console develop into dwelling to GTA 6, which seems more and more more likely to make its late 2026 launch date? Time will inform. Final evening, 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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