Gearbox Software is gearing up for the next iteration of Borderlands, with the fourth main entry having recently been officially confirmed. After years of rumors and sly teasers, Borderlands fans thus have good reason to celebrate and look forward to the next installment of the popular looter-shooter series in the forthcoming Borderlands 4. With an ensemble of characters and longstanding related plot threads to address, BL4 has a lot to juggle, and speculation about what, and how, it will do so, has been widespread.