Borderlands 4 launches September 2025 with crossplay and roadmap

Borderlands 4 will arrive on September 12, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, with a Nintendo Switch 2 port following on October 3, and developer Gearbox Software has laid out an ambitious postlaunch roadmap while warning that a few fan-requested features will not be ready at launch. The studio detailed plans at PAX West and in developer posts over the past week that promise a steady cadence of free events, paid downloadable content and expanded endgame systems designed to keep players on the new planet Kairos for months to come.

Gearbox said Borderlands 4 will launch with full crossplay across platforms, but that crosssave and crossprogression will not be supported on day one. A Steam community post from Gearbox staff acknowledged the omission, saying developers "hear you" and plan to add those account-wide features in a future update, but offering no timetable. Players will still be able to play coop with friends regardless of platform, the company said.

The roadmap mixes free updates and paid packs. Free content arriving shortly after launch includes a Halloween-flavored seasonal minievent called Horrors of Kairos, weekly rotating "Wildcard" missions with...