Borderlands 4’s release date has been pushed up to Sept. 12 from the previously announced date of Sept. 23. One theory says it’s because of Grand Theft Auto 6 — specifically, to give more gamers more time to potentially play Borderlands 4 before they get sucked into GTA 6.

Borderlands 4 may be releasing earlier than expected, but Gearbox's CEO really wants to make it clear that this has nothing to do with the launch dates of any other games, which is notable as plenty were theorizing if it could help narrow down GTA 6's release.

And now a release date change to another 2K Games title, Borderlands 4, has left fans joining up the dots. The first-person shooter was originally due out on 26th September, but has been moved forward to 12th September instead. Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford says it’s all completely unrelated, though.