This past weekend, at a fan event in Los Angeles, the good people at Gearbox and 2K Games gave fans and journalists a chance to play Borderlands 4, which will be released September 12th on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC, and for Switch 2 at a later date.
What follows are my impressions of the game (though the screenshots are not from my demo; they were provided by Gearbox).