Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 5 - Amara and the Vile Shadows
Amara and the Vile Shadows is a repeatable story mission for Borderlands 4 in which Amara investigates unstable Phase rifts spreading across Kairos. Track the anomalies to an abandoned laboratory, battle…
Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 5 - Amara and the Vile Shadows is an adventure developed by Gearbox Software, released 10 September 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 5 - Amara and the Vile Shadows is
Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 5 - Amara and the Vile Shadows is an adventure game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2026. It was published by 2K. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Amara and the Vile Shadows is a repeatable story mission for Borderlands 4 in which Amara investigates unstable Phase rifts spreading across Kairos. Track the anomalies to an abandoned laboratory, battle enemies warped by Phase energy, and confront a new boss alongside two mini-bosses. Completing the mission can reward a Pearlescent weapon, six Legendary items, a Vault Hunter skin, a vehicle, and an ECHO-4 Drone skin.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Borderlands series
Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 5 - Amara and the Vile Shadows is the 70th of 70 entries we hold in the Borderlands series. It is the most recent released entry in the series.
What it launched against
Borderlands 4: Bounty Pack 5 - Amara and the Vile Shadows launched on 10 September 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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