Within a week of its release, Borderlands 4 has generated over $150 million across all platforms, claims Alinea Analytics. According to analysts, this allowed the game to recoup 60-65% of its estimated production budget.

On the evening of September 11th, the release of Borderlands 4 took place. According to SteamDB, shortly after its launch, the looter-shooter managed to attract 207,479 concurrent players on Steam, marking the best result in the series.

The release of Borderlands 4 is just around the corner, and in anticipation, the head of the analytics firm Alinea Analytics, Rickard Linder, has estimated the pre-orders of the title on Steam. According to him, more than half a million people have already purchased the game.

Gearbox Entertainment’s CEO Randy Pitchford forecasts strong sales for the next installment of Borderlands. He shared his insights in an interview with Insider Gaming at Gamescom 2025.

Gearbox Entertainment has conducted a round of layoffs after announcing its sale of Take-Two Interactive for $460 million. This is reported by the Game Developer portal with reference to the publications of former employees of the company on social networks.

The Swedish Embracer Group holding has indeed decided to sell Gearbox Entertainment, best known for the Borderlands series of games. He entered into a sales agreement with Take-Two Interactive. The amount of the transaction is 4.9 billion Swedish kronor or $ 460 million.

Kotaku reports that Gearbox is closer than ever to being sold.

Bloomberg has published a letter from Gearbox Entertainment’s director of public Relations Dan Hewitt to the company’s employees. It confirms that the Swedish holding Embracer Group can sell the authors of Borderlands, and also lists other scenarios.

Embracer Group may sell Gearbox Entertainment, sources tell Reuters. The company turned to consultants after it received a purchase offer from “third parties”.

Embracer Group announced the purchase of five companies at once, including Dark Horse and Perfect World Entertainment. The latter will become part of Gearbox Entertainment, and the deal itself will cost $ 125 million.Neverwinter