Today's Borderlands 3 reveal won't be about crossplay

News by Sherif Saed Contributing Editor

Published on July 16, 2019

Gearbox will be livestreaming some sort of Borderlands 3 reveal later today.

The developer recently announced the Celebration of Togetherness event for Borderlands 3. This online gathering will be livestreamed today at 7am PT, 10am ET, 3pm BST.

The developer did not give any hints as to what's going to be shown off, but the name lead a lot of people to assume it's when Gearbox will announce crossplay support for Borderlands 3. Both the studio and publisher 2K games always maintained a public interest in crossplay, but never officially confirmed its existence for the game.

Unfortunately, Celebration of Togetherness in this instance means something other than crossplay. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford clarified that the event will not in fact be where the team announces crossplay support for Borderlands 3.

Adding further clarification, Pitchford reiterated that the game won't have any form of crossplay at launch, but the team remains committed to supporting the feature "as soon as practicable after launch."

To be clear, there will not be any cross-play functionality in Borderlands 3 at launch as we work closely with our partners to create a positive cross-play experience as soon as practicable. We are committed to cross-play on as many platforms as possible.

— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) July 15, 2019