Take-Two Interactive revealed it is pausing development on its Nintendo Switch 2 edition of “Borderlands 4” in its latest quarterly earnings results Tuesday.
The title’s Switch 2 release was removed from Take-Two’s chart of upcoming games (where it was previously listed as having a “TBA” release date), which prominently features Rockstar Games’ “Grand Theft Auto 6” debut on Nov. 19, along with “WWE 2K26” (March 13) and several undated projects, like the next “BioShock” game.
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“We made the difficult decision to pause development on that SKU,” Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis told Variety. “Our focus continues to be delivering quality post-launch content for players on the ongoing improvements to optimize the game. We’re continuing to collaborate closely with our friends at Nintendo. We have ‘PGA Tour 2K25’ coming out and ‘WWE 2K26’ [for Switch 2], and we’re incredibly excited about bringing more of our titles to that platform in the future.”
Recently, Take-Two’s Rockstar Games pulled user-created content from “GTA Online” that featured a depiction of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke out about the situation in an interview with Variety tied to earnings results on Tuesday.
“When content violates our terms of service, we aggressively act, as we did in this instance,” Zelnick said. “I actually am incredibly impressed with this company, on the one hand, it appropriately enables users to engage — hat’s why we are in the role-playing service business, for example — and we have other areas where consumers can engage. At the same time, the safety of our consumers is of paramount importance. So this is not an area where I have to say, like, ‘Oh, you know, it’s a gray area. Judgment is required.’ No. Terms of Service were violated, that’s end of discussion, thank you very much.”
Zelnick also addressed online rumors that have spread about the possibility of Rockstar delaying the release of physical copies of “GTA 6” until 2027, in order to avoid leaks of the game, which will debut Nov. 19. “That’s not the plan,” the Take-Two chief said.
Take-Two reported $1.76 billion in net bookings for the November-December 2025 quarter. GAAP net loss was $929.9 million, or a loss of 50 cents per share, compared to the previous year’s $125.2 million loss (71 cents per share).