According to Randy Pitchford, fans are going to be "very excited" about Gearbox Software's next Borderlands project. Borderlands has been a massively successful franchise ever since the first game released in 2009. The original game was supported by multiple DLC expansions and followed-up on by the even bigger Borderlands 2. Since then, Gearbox has released multiple Borderlands spin-off games as well as 2019's Borderlands 3, which fans had to wait seven years to play.