Following a latest wave of Borderlands 4 previews, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has confirmed that one fan-requested function might be within the sport when it launches in September. Whereas a mini-map will not be within the looter-shooter, a radar will, making situational consciousness of a battlefield a lot simpler.
In a lengthy thread, Pitchford spoke about how followers had been asking Gearbox so as to add this function to the game–many individuals from the European, US, and Asian preview excursions had been advocating for it, Pitchford said–and the studio managed to make this occur.
“As me and head of dev, Steve Jones–and a number of the different guys–were poking round with producers attempting to determine what it will take so as to add these options and if we might make it in time to ship or not, one thing superior occurred,” Pitchford defined. “In basic Gearbox model, the place now we have an ethos of ‘they who builds it, wins,’ some builders acquired collectively and located a while within the margins of their schedules. Some Gearbox heroes did what Gearbox heroes do!”
A number of Gearbox staff “splintered off” to work on the radar, and Pitchford says they managed to squeeze it into the sport earlier than it undergoes some QA testing forward of its launch. The radar might be off by default when the sport launches, and it will not be within the present construct of Borderlands 4 on the Borderlands Fan Fest showfloor this weekend. Here is what it seems to be like in motion:
A fight radar is now an non-obligatory function in Borderlands 4, you guys! Right here’s a sneak peek at what it seems to be like! 29/32 pic.twitter.com/kcKebRqE2r
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) June 19, 2025
Borderlands 4 will also have a few other fan-requested features when it launches, and the base version of the game has an MSRP of $70. “This looks like a Borderlands sport via and thru the place sufficient has modified for me to really feel like that is an enchancment over Borderlands 3, however it’s not so totally different that I can anticipate large and sweeping modifications,” Jordan Ramée mentioned in GameSpot’s Borderlands 4 preview.
Borderlands 4 launches on September 12 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X|S, with a Change 2 model arriving at a later date.