Borderlands 4 Developer Gearbox Insists Its Games Do 'Not Use Spyware' Amid Concern About Take-Two Terms of Service

Borderlands 4 Developer Gearbox Insists Its Games Do 'Not Use Spyware' Amid Concern About Take-Two Terms of Service

Gearbox has issued a statement in response to claims Borderlands 4 uses spyware, amid renewed concern about parent company Take-Two's terms of service.

Borderlands 4 Publisher Denies Rumors About Spyware In The Game

Take-Two addresses the growing concern among some players that Bordlerlands 4 includes unwanted spyware.

Borderlands 4 Team Denies Spyware Use In Game

There have been accusations thrown around that Borderlands 4 uses spyware, but is that true? The team speaks out!

There's no "spyware" in Borderlands 4, Take-Two insist, following upset over terms of service

Gearbox and Take-Two Interactive's Borderlands 4 has launched to cries of "pretty good" from (some) professional reviewers, and "Stutterland bugfest" from a vocal portion of the Steam playerbase. In amongst the complaints about performance, there are some fears about potential breaches of player privacy supposedly allowed for by Take-Two's terms of service. A Borderlands developer has now responded to these fears in the Steam forums, reiterating…

Gearbox responds to worries about Borderlands 4's terms of service: 'Take-Two does not use spyware in its games'

Previous Borderlands games were review-bombed earlier this year in response to changes in Take-Two's TOS, and Gearbox is looking to avoid a repeat.