Borderlands 4 Gets Pre-Launch Media, Details

2K Games and Gearbox Software have an assortment of pre-launch media and information for looter-shooter Borderlands 4. Firstly, the companies revealed the main voice cast for the game, which is as follows:

• Amon the Forgeknight – Ray Chase
• Harlowe the Gravitar – Kimberly Brooks
• Vex the Siren – Judy Alice Lee
• Rafa the Exo-Soldier – Alejandro Saab
• The Timekeeper – Dave Fennoy
• Rush – Delbert Hunt
• Levaine – Erica Luttrell
• Defiant Calder – Trevor Devall
• Moxxi – Brina Palencia
• Claptrap – Jim Foronda
• Zane – Cian Barry
• Amara – Zehra Fazal

In addition, the companies announced worldwide launch timings for the game, which releases worldwide for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on September 12, 2025, as well as for Nintendo Switch 2 on October 3, 2025. The news is accompanied by a brief new “launch week” trailer, which can be viewed below. The exact timings (based on region and platform) are as follows:

• New Zealand — PC: 4am NZST, Consoles: 12am NZST
• Australia — PC: 2am AEST, Consoles: 12am AEST
• Japan — PC: 1am JST, Consoles: 12am JST
• Singapore — PC: 12am SGT, Consoles: 12am SGT
• UK/Europe — PC: 5pm BST (Sep. 11), Consoles: 12am BST
• North America — PC: 9am PT / 12pm ET (both Sep. 11), Consoles: 9pm ET (Sep. 11) / 12am ET

Finally, 2K Games and Gearbox Software provided an overview of Borderlands 4′s endgame content. Following the conclusion of the game’s story, players are able to continue playing in order to further improve their character builds, obtain more powerful loot, and take on various challenges.

The endgame Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode is unlocked after finishing the campaign once with any character. It provides more challenging and chaotic battles as enemies gain increased damage scaling and new modifiers, but also grants greater rewards in terms of loot, experience points, and in-game currency. At launch, the Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode will have five difficulty levels that players can advance through by completing challenges. After completing enough challenges, players take on a Wildcard Mission, where they must replay a mission containing powered-up enemies in order to unlock the next difficulty.

Borderlands 4 introduces a new dedicated drops system, where players are given incentives to fight a variety of enemies when searching for specific loot rather than trying to take on the same foes again and again. However, those wishing to fight the same bosses can do so more quickly with Moxxi’s Big Encore Machine, allowing players to spend in-game currency to repeatedly fight a boss. There will also be weekly challenges, a Firmware gear set system, and a Specializations system, with more details about the endgame content available on Borderlands 4′s official website.