Gamebox has delayed the release of Borderlands 4 for the Switch 2 nine days before launch

Game developer Gearbox has revealed that the release of Borderlands 4 for the Switch 2 will be delayed just days before the planned ￰0￱ company has not revealed the new release date, but anyone who pre-ordered the game digitally will be automatically ￰1￱ also cancelled all digital pre-orders made to date in accordance with Nintendo’s ￰2￱ are urged to initiate the pre-orders themselves now or wait for it to happen automatically starting on ￰3￱ 4 needs additional development Greetings, Vault Hunters – We need to share that the release of Borderlands 4 on Nintendo Switch 2 is being ￰4￱ do not take this decision lightly, but are committed to ensuring we deliver the best possible experience to our fans, and the game needs additional development… — Borderlands (@Borderlands) September 23, 2025 The video game developer said on Wednesday that Borderlands 4 requires additional development and polish ￰5￱ delay came in the wake of the game’s scheduled release on October 3.

It’s unusual for a firm to announce a game’s delay just nine days before the planned release, since announcement of game delays typically comes a few months before the planned ￰6￱ hopes to align the game’s release with the addition of cross saves, which will allow players to transfer their game progress and data between different gaming ￰7￱ company said it’s already working on the cross-saves, and also realized that they are very ￰8￱ gaming firm promised to update its customers on the new release timing of Borderlands 4 once it has fully adjusted its ￰9￱ didn’t reveal whether the Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 is still planned to be released in ￰10￱ a generally positive reception during release, Borderland 4’s Steam reviews currently stand at mixed (67%).

Gearbox’s decision to delay the release of the game on Nintendo Switch 2 suggests that the company wants to ensure this version doesn’t suffer a similar ￰11￱ company said it’s committed to ensuring it delivers the best possible experience to its ￰12￱ 4 experiences performance issues on PC Borderland 4 launched on September 12, but has been plagued with performance issues on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Players have reported technical issues with the game, such as unstable framerates, stuttering, and crashes, even on higher-end ￰13￱ 4 was also showcased poorly on Nintendo Switch 2 at ￰14￱ are also claims that the game performed poorly at a preview during PAX West, where it had a few hitches, frame drops, and input delays that led to a flurry of ￰15￱ gaming company’s boss, Randy Pitchford, defended the game against complaints of poor game performance on ￰16￱ argued that every PC player has several tools to balance their preferences between FPS, resolution, and rendering features.

“We have made an amazing and fun and huge looter shooter campaign ￰17￱ game is pretty damn optimal – which means that the software is doing what we want without wasteful cycles on bad processes.” – Randy Pitchford , CEO at Gamebox ￰18￱ player noted that the game on Switch 2 could barely run at 30fps with 4 enemies on screen in docked ￰19￱ player added that the game had horrendous input delay, and its render resolution was seemingly turned all the way ￰20￱ said the company has provided more tools to help players make trade-offs in their FPS ￰21￱ believes that the issues are affecting a very small percentage of users, adding that the company has already fixed many of the ￰22￱ released a patch on September 18 that improves the game’s stability on ￰23￱ company also claimed that the patch updates the Glided Glory Pack loot and rewards to offer a more seamless ￰24￱ smartest crypto minds already read our ￰25￱ in?

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