Watch the premiere trailer for ‘Borderlands 4’, soundtracked by Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Starburster’

The official first-look trailer at 2K Games‘ highly anticipated Borderlands 4 has finally been revealed – check it out below.

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During The Game Awards 2024 (December 12), 2K and Gearbox Software unveiled the first glimpse at Borderlands 4 – which has yet to receive a firm release date but is due to launch sometime in 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

The trailer reveals an all-new planet Kairos, new Vault Hunters and the new big bad Timekeeper as well as tons of in-game footage that’s full of non-stop action set to the tune of Fontaines D.C.‘s ‘Starburster’.

Check out the trailer for Borderlands 4 below.

Borderlands 4 marks the fourth mainline instalment of the popular looter shooter franchise. It follows 2019’s Borderlands 3 and 2022’s Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. However, Borderlands 4 seems to be returning to its roots for a more grounded (as far as sci-fi goes) approach after Wonderlands‘ more fantastical take.

The new trailer comes after a live-action Borderlands film that didn’t fare well with critics released earlier this year. The film scored a two-star review from NME, with James Mottram writing: “As the film lurches into the final third, there’s little emotional sustenance to keep you going. Just one yawn-worthy twist and some dud CGI. Avoid.”

As for Fontaines D.C., ‘Starburster’ was named NME‘s third best song of 2024. Andrew Trendell wrote: “Inspired by one of frontman Grian Chatten’s panic attacks, ‘Starburster’ is a bewildering fever dream of absurd imagery, punctuated by deep inhalations of anxiety – the bright green menacing underbelly beneath ‘Brat’ summer’.”

The song is taken off their celebrated fourth album ‘Romance’, which was crowned the second best album of the year by NME. Rhian Daly wrote of the record: “Fontaines D.C.’s fourth album was jaw-dropping not just in this philosophical quest, but in its continuation of the band’s expansive evolution. Drenched in apocalyptic dread, it mixed noirish cinematics, grunge, shoegaze and lurching hip-hop beats, displaying the unmatched levels of ambition and sheer brilliance that we’ve come to expect from them.”