Borderlands 4 Dev Reveals Popular Feature Delayed Until Post-Launch — Here’s Why

Alright, so you know when you’ve been waiting for something forever, like checking your phone a thousand times waiting for that text? That’s what Borderlands fans felt about Borderlands 4. Finally, Gearbox Software let the cat out of the bag, and they’re bringing this kinda fancy Photo Mode thing to their looter shooter. But guess what? Yeah, you’ve gotta wait a bit more. It’s like when you hit “preheat” on the oven, but it’s still cold when you check. Annoying, right?

So, Photo Mode. It’s that feature where you can pause, tweak the scene, and capture cool screenshots. Like pressing pause on life — if only it worked like that in real life. But nope, not at launch on September 12. It’ll arrive fashionably late, just like my uncle who promises he’s “five minutes away.”

Gearbox’s creative brainiac, Graeme Timmins, spilled the beans online. He basically said, “Hold your horses, it’s coming later.” They were busy polishing other stuff — like those details that make you go “Oooh” when you’re deep in the action. Priorities, right? He kinda said they had a laundry list of things to iron out before adding the extra fluff like Photo Mode.

It’s kinda funny, but also not. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands had Photo Mode on point from the start. Borderlands 3, not so much — took a while to catch up on consoles. And here I was, dreaming of snapping pics on all platforms with Borderlands 4 right away, especially with its shiny Unreal Engine 5 graphics.

But hey, let’s chill. Timmins makes sense. Photo Mode is cool, but you don’t want your game to glitch out mid-firefight just because they rushed Photo Mode into it. Imagine taking a selfie while everything’s exploding just because something didn’t get polished enough. Awkward!

Oh, Borderlands 4? It’s not just any game — it’s like, the big cheese of 2025’s gaming scene. Got four brand new characters, set on some war-crazy planet called Kairos, run by this dictator dude, The Timekeeper. Dramatic, right?

Got some pennies saved up? It’s dropping on Xbox, PC, PS5, and the Nintendo Switch 2 (yes, another one!), and it’s not exactly cheap — $69.99 for the standard, up to a budget-blowing $129.99 for the Super Deluxe version. Maybe I’ll just wait for a sale — or that rich friend who buys it and lets you play at their place.

Anyway, with a bit of luck and patience, Photo Mode will eventually be your next screen-shotting obsession. Let’s just hope the wait isn’t too long. Like, hurry up already, Gearbox!