Sam Winkler, Narrative Director on Borderlands 4, has revealed that the upcoming Gearbox-developed sequel will cut back on the toilet humor that was ubiquitous in previous instalments in the franchise, instead going for something a bit darker.

Speaking on X, Winkler revealed that he has been working with "some of the funniest people I know as contract writers," which will hugely benefit Borderlands 4's humour.

Borderlands 4 is our most ambitious game yet. In service of that, I'm happy to say I've gotten to work with some of the funniest people I know as contract writers. I'll be retweeting them as they post about it (though not all may still on this site).I'm not gonna say there's no toilets but if the word 'skibidi' ships in the game under my watch I'm gonna cry real tears. Paul Tassi joked that we were gonna have a gun called Hawk 2A and a fellow dev asked me if it was real and I wanted to put my hand down the sink grinder.

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Borderlands 4 was showcased during The Game Awards last Thursday, where the game was re-confirmed for a 2025 release on PS5.