GTA 6 Release Date Has Nothing to Do with Borderlands 4 Change 1
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As the wait for GTA 6’s release date rumbles on, fans are reading into anything and everything to get an indication of when the hotly anticipated sequel might release.

In lieu of any meaningful information from Rockstar, players have started investigating the release dates of other titles, as no one wants to go up against the open world juggernaut.

Sony’s recent announcement that Ghost of Yotei will launch on 2nd October sparked wide-spread interest, as it’s expected PS5 will be GTA 6’s chief marketing partner, and therefore the Japanese giant will be aware of the anticipated title’s release date by now.

Furthermore, Mafia: The Old Country’s mid-2025 release window has also aroused suspicion, as it’s published by 2K Games, a subsidiary of Take-Two, which also oversees the GTA games.

And now a release date change to another 2K Games title, Borderlands 4, has left fans joining up the dots. The first-person shooter was originally due out on 26th September, but has been moved forward to 12th September instead.

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says it’s all completely unrelated, though.

“Borderlands 4 shipping early is 100% the result of confidence in the game and development trajectory backed by actual tasks and bug find/fix rates,” the talkative exec wrote on X (or Twitter).

“Our decision is literally 0% about any other product’s actual or theoretical launch date.”

To be fair, Pitchford’s never going to say the release date change is related to GTA 6, as it’s not his place to do so. But in this very specific instance, we believe he’s probably telling the truth.

[source x.com]