Developer Gearbox Software is promising a large amount of post-launch content and support forBorderlands 4. Yesterday, after weeks of public scrutiny and outcry from the game’s community regarding the potential $79.99 price tag of the game, Randy Pitchford, CEO of Gearbox Software, confirmed theBorderlands 4price to be $69.99and announced pre-orders were now live. Along with that information came more details about some of the different editions of the game and what the more expensive packs will entail for future DLC.
In a post from the officialGearbox SoftwareX account, the company details the currently planned DLC forBorderlands 4,and there’sa healthy amount of post-launch content, with Gearbox’s post saying:“We know how important this is to our community, and we have a huge slate of post-launch content planned, including free content drops and updates.“The post also highlights the upcoming Bounty Pack bundle and the Vault Hunter story DLC as major parts of the post-launch support for the title.
What To Expect Post-Launch From Borderlands 4
The DLC Plans Seem Similar To Past Entries
There are currentlythree different game versionsBorderlands 4fans can pre-order: the Standard Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Super Deluxe Edition. The Standard Edition is just the game itself. The Deluxe Edition includes the base game, Firehawk’s Fury weapon skin, and the Bounty Pack Bundle, which has four additional areas, missions, and bosses, more gear and weapons, new cosmetics to customize thenew Vault Hunters, new vehicle cosmetics, and four vault cards. The Bounty Pack content will be added post-launch.
Finally, the Super Deluxe Edition includes all of the aforementioned content, plus theVault Hunter expansion pack, which will include two new Vault Hunters, two new map regions, new story and side missions, new gear and weapons, and new cosmetics. The Ornante Order DLC bundle pack is also included with the Super Deluxe Edition, which has additional cosmetics. All of these additions are paid DLC and are not free. The chart posted on X does not include the price breakdown of the editions, but the pricing of the Editions is as follows:
Borderlands 4 Looks Like It’ll Keep You Busy For A While
A lot of content seems to be planned forBorderlands 4, whichshould keep fans coming back to the titlefor months or even years post-release. Though the pricing is sure to rub quite a few fans the wrong way, with the additional story DLC not even being included in the Deluxe Edition. The prices of the DLC packs outside of their respective editions do not appear to be available yet. Even with the game costing $69.99 instead of the speculated $79.99, a lot of fans foundPitchford’s controversial comments disappointing, so it might take some time to earn goodwill from fans.
Borderlands 3was widely seen as a step back for the franchise after the massive success ofBorderlands 2, which had a lot of post-launch DLC, like the highly-regarded Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep. All the DLC packs for that game were $9.99 each. It is nice to hear there will be some free content forBorderlands 4, but the series' history of aggressive microtransactions, coupled with its recent pricing controversy, might be hard to overcome. We’ll see soon enough, though, becauseBorderlands 4launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2 on September 12.
