A terminally ill player asks if he can play Borderlands 4 before everyone else, and the Gearbox boss answers.

Borderlands fans recently received some great news: Borderlands 4 is on the way. If all goes well, it will be released in 2025. A new installment in the franchise has been awaited since Borderlands 3 in 2019, if we don’t take into account Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands in 2022. While most of us can wait patiently, not everyone has that luxury.

Caleb McAlpine – fan Borderland A 37-year-old man who was diagnosed with terminal cancer a few months ago. Doctors have prescribed a period of 7 to 12 months, although this can be extended to 2 years if the chemotherapy works and sufficiently stops the progression of the cancer. Considering his situation, he posted a desperate request to Reddit.

“I’m a Borderlands fan and I don’t know if I’ll be here when Borderlands 4 comes out. Does anyone know how to contact Gearbox to see if there’s a chance I can play the game early?” he says in the message? mail. “It’s possible, but we had to try.” The community worked hard to fulfill its request, with 16k upvotes, 2.1 million hits, 5,400 shares, and several recognitions to increase its influence on both Reddit and Reddit. Borderland 3 like on the Internet.

“Thank you to everyone who contacted me to show me this,” says Randy Pitchford, CEO of Gearbox, on his Twitter account. “Caleb and I have been communicating via email and will do everything we can to make this happen.” And this won’t be the first time, let’s remember that something similar has already happened with Borderlands 3. We really hope that Caleb will like it Borderland 4 for as long as possible.

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