Dying Light: The Beast Shows Borderlands 4 How It’s Done with Stellar PC Optimization – and Exposes Gearbox CEO's Tone-Deaf Response
Gearbox has released multiple updates improving PC stability and fixing progression blockers after Borderlands 4's launch, addressing crashes affecting animation, audio, and GPU usage.
- Gearbox released a new patch for Borderlands 4 on September 18, 2025, focusing on PC performance improvements and bug fixes.
- The patch follows widespread player complaints about crashes, bugs, and worsening performance on PC and consoles since the game's September 12 launch.
- The update addresses stability, progression issues, loot bugs, and the Gilded Glory Pack, while testing a console field of view slider.
- Gearbox reported over 764 million items looted and 4.56 million grenade deaths, and CEO Randy Pitchford called PC performance "our top priority."
- The patch aims to improve user experience amid mixed reviews and ongoing investigations into console issues, with further updates planned soon.
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Borderlands 4 patch aims to improve performance on PC
{Gearbox} has already started work on improving the performance of {Borderlands 4}, following its conflicting launch where many reported poor technical stability, all despite strong debut sales. Following the This will be fixed on consoles in the coming days. Loot & Items: Updated loot pools so Gilded Glory Pack guns no longer appear in standard chests {Gearbox} also used this update as an opportunity to share what some of the weekly endgame op…
Borderlands 4 Gets a Fix for PC Crashes and More in Latest Update
What to knowPatch fixes animation, audio, collision, and GPU crashes on PC.Gilded Glory Pack loot now appears only as intended, with claim bugs fixed.Weekly boss fights and wildcard missions rotate for more endgame variety.Additional bug fixes and improvements are coming to consoles soon.Here’s what’s changed with the new Borderlands 4 patch. Gearbox released an update aimed at fixing some big stability problems on PC, as well as a few smaller a…
Borderlands 4 Developer Says Fixing PC Performance and Crashes Is 'Top Priority'
Borderlands 4 developer Gearbox Software has officially communicated with the community for the first time since launch. To start with, the studio thanked all those millions who purchased the games, indirectly confirming Alinea Analytics' report that Borderlands 4 has already sold (at least) two million units (and earned at least $150 million in revenue). Players have already looted 764 million items, driven 65 million kilometers, and beaten 55 …
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