The decisions made during the development of a video game often reveal how much the developers take into account the feedback of their community. In the case of Borderlands 4 (here our review), some files discovered through the datamining suggest that Gearbox Software may have made a drastic choice regarding one of the most controversial characters in the series. The data that emerged indicate that Ava, a divisive protagonist introduced in Borderlands 3 in 2019, may have been completely removed from the fourth chapter during the development phase.
Epicnng, Content Creator and Dataminer specialized in the Borderlands franchise, has published on X screenshots that show explicit references to Ava within the Borderlands 4 files. These elements include assets related to its siren skills, in particular the feature \