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Borderlands 4 Sets Global PC Unlock Sept. 11, Console Midnights Sept. 12

Gearbox warns that below‑minimum PCs may be effectively unplayable despite a day‑one optimization patch.

A gameplay screenshot of Borderlands 4's four new Vault Hunters working together to take down one of the bosses you'll encounter in its campaign.
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An official screenshot of the character Claptrap in Borderlands 4.
An official gameplay screenshot of Borderlands 4.

Overview

  • On PC, the game unlocks globally at 12 p.m. EDT on Sept. 11 across Steam and the Epic Games Store, translating to 9 a.m. PDT, 5 p.m. BST and 6 p.m. CEST.
  • On PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, access begins at 12 a.m. local time on Sept. 12, with a North America exception that goes live at 12 a.m. EDT across all time zones (9 p.m. PDT on Sept. 11).
  • Nintendo Switch 2 players get the game on Oct. 3 with regional midnight unlocks.
  • The standard edition costs $69.99, with Deluxe ($99.99) and Super Deluxe ($129.99) tiers, and the game is not launching on Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus.
  • Official PC specs call for an 8‑core CPU, 16–32 GB RAM, RTX 2070–3080 class GPUs and 100 GB on an SSD, and Randy Pitchford cautions that below‑spec machines should expect unplayable performance even with launch optimizations.