Borderlands 4 Will Surprise Players With 30 Billion Unique Guns

Developers from Gearbox Software are preparing Borderlands 4 for release with a record-breaking arsenal — the game will feature over 30 billion weapons. As the project's art director Adam May explained, such diversity was achieved thanks to procedural generation, combining attachments, attachments, sights and other modules to create unique machine guns, shotguns, pistols and other types of weapons.

Traditionally, the game will retain the division of weapons by brands, including Daedalus, Jacobs, Order, Ripper, Vladof, Torgue, Malivan and Tediore. Each manufacturer differs not only in visual style, but also in the characteristics of the barrels. Experienced players will be able to immediately identify the features of the weapon by its appearance — for example, rapid-fire models have an angular and aggressive design, and heavy rocket launchers are made in massive rounded shapes.

Borderlands 4's arsenal is being created not only by designers, but also by writers who are responsible for the witty names and descriptions for each weapon. The game will premiere on September 12, and is scheduled for release on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series.