Borderlands 4 might not come to Nintendo Switch 2 after all

Prior to the game’s launch last year, the team at Gearbox confirmed that the then-upcoming Borderlands 4 would be landing on the Nintendo Switch 2 alongside all other platforms. Right at the last minute however, the Switch 2 version was delayed indefinitely citing the need for “additional development and polish time”.  While leaks indicated that the port could finally be arriving this month, publisher 2K has now indicated this might not be the case.

Following the release of the publisher’s latest Quarterly Earnings results, Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis offered additional context to the removal of Borderlands 4’s Switch 2 version from the company’s release calendar, telling the publication Variety:

“We made the difficult decision to pause development on that SKU. Our focus continues to be delivering quality post-launch content for players on the ongoing improvements to optimize the game. We’re continuing to collaborate closely with our friends at Nintendo,” adding that “We have ‘PGA Tour 2K25’ coming out and ‘WWE 2K26’ [for Switch 2], and we’re incredibly excited about bringing more of our titles to that platform in the future.”

As mentioned, Borderlands 4 was initially planned to land on the Switch 2 alongside all other platforms in October of 2025. That said, early impressions of the Switch 2 version prior to release left plenty to be desired, leading to the surprise delay.

Roughly 4 months later and with no Switch 2 version of the game in sight, the future of Borderlands 4 on Nintendo's platform is unknown. At the very least, it is encouraging to see the other versions of BL4 continuing to receive plenty of updates and improvements.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the Borderlands 4 Switch 2 situation? Will the port ultimately be cancelled? Let us know down below.

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