Borderlands 4 Blocks Players From Ogling New Vault Hunter

Borderlands 4 Fans Are Being Real Weird About Its New Vault Hunter, But Gearbox Came Prepared Published Sep 13, 2026, 10:29 AM EDT James Lucas is an Executive Editor at TheGamer who has worked in professional journalism since 2018. A Newcastle University graduate with a degree in Journalism, Media, and Culture, they have written hundreds of guides, news stories, and original reports, with bylines in IGN, NME, GaymingMag, and VG247, sourcing interviews with studio heads, legendary industry figures, prominent actors, and more. An expert on FPS games, Soulslikes, RPGs, and survival horror, James has intimate knowledge of a wide variety of titles, providing in-depth coverage and exclusive profiles. Some of the games they have extensively covered include: Half-Life 3, Counter-Strike, Elden Ring, and Fallout. They pride themselves on their consistently thorough research, leveraging nearly a decade of industry experience. You can reach them at James.t@thegamer.com Borderlands 4 is suddenly popular again. Shooting up to a peak player count of 27,000 after falling as low as 6–7,000, the free weekend has clearly helped. But the thing driving conversation on social media right now isn’t the promotion. It’s Loveless, the new Vault Hunter, and the community is anything but loveless for her. People are ogling Loveless like she’s a legendary Lockjaw, but then you have the odd few who are using photo mode to be a bit, uh… weird. Across X, you might stumble on a couple of popular posts right now where fans are eyeing up her skirt, which is starting to feel First Descendant-levels of please-go-and-touch-grass. Then you have people cramming the camera right up close and into her model to try and peek through her dress. Thankfully, Gearbox came prepared. Shoving the camera that close won’t turn Borderlands 4 into an explicit adult game, as discovered by the very thorough Reddit user throwaway123bananas, who found that she has crossed tape over her nips. “Turns out that neither Vex nor Harlowe have this,” they said. “Loveless is the only character to have this.” Borderlands 4 Is Back In The Steam Top 15 Sellers, And I Can't Help But Think Loveless Is To Blame In all seriousness, Borderlands 4 hasn’t had nearly the staying power of the original games. Even after changing gears with its open-world design, conversation fizzled out almost immediately as the player count plummeted, thanks in part to its lackluster endgame. And yet all it took to reignite interest was showing a bit of skin. Loveless is incredibly popular, to put it lightly, with Borderlands 4 shooting back up the Steam top sellers. Again, I'm sure part of that is the free weekend, but look at social media, and she is all anyone is talking about. For perhaps the first time in the series’ history, nobody is discussing the new Vault Hunter’s place in the meta or how good their abilities are. Instead, fans are spinning her around endlessly with Looney Tunes eyes shooting from their heads. Seriously, she makes the Moxxi thirsting look tame. Borderlands 4 might sit at ‘Mixed’ reviews right now, but Loveless? ‘Very Positive’. Fans couldn’t be happier. And the closest I’ve seen to anyone actually discussing her gameplay is when one fan described her as “hot Zer0.” But, c’mon. Zer0 was pretty hot. Released September 12, 2025 ESRB Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact Developer(s) Gearbox Software Publisher(s) 2K Engine Unreal Engine 5 Genre(s) Looter Shooter, Action, Adventure, RPG