A New Tales from the Borderlands Might Suggest That Borderlands 4 is Still Far Off

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Tales from the Borderlands fans have received some unexpected but exciting news, as a sequel has finally been confirmed. Surprisingly, the game is set to release later this year, with a reveal coming in Summer. As such, fans will not have to wait too long for more information on the game, though they already have one interesting piece of information: the newTales from the Borderlands is made by Gearbox, not Telltale.

With the main Borderlands team seemingly working on Tales from the Borderlands, and this game being set to release in the same year as Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, fans of the franchise are getting a ton of content to enjoy. While this is great news for gamers, it means that Gearbox is incredibly busy, and the release of two projects so close together suggests that Borderlands 4 is a fair bit away.

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If the newTales from the Borderlands game was being made by Telltale, it could safely be assumed that Borderlands 4 is not too far off. However, the fact that Gearbox has been hard at work on two Borderlands spin-offs suggests that a mainline entry is not a priority at the moment. While the next major game could be in pre-production, with Gearbox planning out where it wants to take the game, it is hard to imagineBorderlands 4 coming in 2023 or 2024 since fans are getting two games this year.

While this is obviously speculation, it is a genuine possibility. Though it may disappoint some gamers that Borderlands 4 is not right around the corner, a substantial gap between the third and fourth major game is not unheard of. After all, there was a seven-year gap between Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3, with the former releasing in 2012 and the latter dropping in