Borderlands 4 studio CEO Randy Pitchford says that is just not Beautiful Jack within the trailer

Borderlands’ studio CEO has dispelled speculation that Beautiful Jack is returning in Borderlands 4 next year, asserting the mysterious personality is “one thing a long way more unhealthy and substandard.”

When Borderlands 4 was as soon as in the end printed earlier this week at some stage in Gamescom, many immediately speculated that one frame within the trailer teased the return of a prolific villain within the sequence: Beautiful Jack. The speculation hinged on a Vault marker superimposed over the face of a personality, and Beautiful Jack’s staunch face has a Vault marker permanently burned into it.

However, Gearbox studio CEO Randy Pitchford, within the tweet under, states that this figure is just not always in actual fact Beautiful Jack in the end, but “one thing a long way more unhealthy and substandard.” If any individual’s going to grab what that frame within the Borderlands 4 trailer was as soon as in actual fact teasing, you would specialise in it might well perhaps be the CEO of the studio in actual fact making the unique sport.

This obviously has sequence followers guessing who the personality in actual fact is, but Pitchford hasn’t equipped any further feedback or clues. May perhaps presumably or not it’s Gruesome Jack, as some are theorizing, or perhaps Even Handsomer Jack, a irregular kind-of successor? Who the hell knows.

This additionally puts a damper on Borderlands 4 continuing a plotline that is been missing within the sequence for over a decade. As we chronicled when speculation began earlier this week, Beautiful Jack’s return might well perhaps also return to the overarching galactic alien war that was as soon as teased in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, but was as soon as then abandoned in Borderlands 3.

Borderlands 4 launches next year in 2025, and it goes to be out on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X. Pitchford not too lengthy within the past defended his aged prediction that Steam would die off, asserting that though he is a Steam customer, he objective wishes it had more competition. 

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Hirun Cryer is a contract reporter and creator with Gamesradar+ primarily based fully out of U.Ok. After earning a diploma in American History that specialise in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the video games writing world, with a spotlight on shooters, indie video games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets across the industrial, practices Japanese, and enjoys up-to-the-minute manga and anime.