Gearbox has revealed a brand new story trailer for its looter-shooter Borderlands 4. Whereas it was transient, it did reveal a contemporary take a look at the sport’s main villain, the Timekeeper, his minions, and franchise punching bag Claptrap.

Borderlands 4 launches on September 12 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X|S–with a Swap 2 model coming at a later date–and the base model of the sport is priced at $70. With its launch date drawing nearer, Gearbox has been revealing extra particulars on the sport, and the way it’s constructing on the Borderlands basis with a seamless world to discover, dynamic occasions to participate in, and an overhauled drop-rate for weapons that may make legendary-class really feel particular once more.

One other huge change in Borderlands 4 is its tone, as Gearbox desires the humor within the recreation to be extra grounded. Primarily, this appears like Borderlands 4 will not be counting on comedy that may grow to be in a short time dated after launch.

“This looks like a Borderlands recreation via and thru the place sufficient has modified for me to really feel like that is an enchancment over Borderlands 3, but it surely’s not so completely different that I can anticipate enormous and sweeping adjustments,” Jordan Ramée mentioned in GameSpot’s Borderlands 4 preview.