Start transforming your game’s economy and increase your bottom line. Get the free guide now. Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Developer Gearbox finally revealed Borderlands 3 today. During a panel presentation at PAX East in Boston that involved stage magic and technical difficulties, the studio showed a 4K trailer for sequel to its breakout looter shooter. Gearbox did not provide a release date, but it did promise that it would share more on April 3. The trailer, however, did give a good look at what players should expect. It once again features a new cast of playable heroes for its four-player cooperative action. But this still looks like a Borderlands game. The studio is sticking with the series’ cel-shaded visual style. It is also promising over 1 billion procedurally generated guns. More-derlands — get it? But it’s not necessarily a bad thing that Boderlands 3 is more Borderlands. The shoot-and-loot genre is now dominated by huge, ongoing live service games. Destiny 2, The Division 2, and Anthem are all ongoing and want players to return regularly. Borderlands originally debuted before that business model, and it’s possible that Borderlands 3 may try to stick to that. For players looking to get into and out of a game with a definitive ending, Borderlands 3 could deliver an oasis from our live-services future.<doc-sep>Gearbox has released the first official trailer for Borderlands 3. At the developer’s PAX East panel today, Gearbox finally confirmed Borderlands 3’s existence. Though details are slim at the moment, we did get treated to the first look at gameplay in a new trailer. The video features plenty of gameplay footage, but sadly doesn’t tell us enough about Borderlands 3. It does show four new characters – the game’s main classes, their abilities, and host of returning NPCs from the earlier games. As seen in the Mask of Mayhem teaser, Lilith, Kincaid, Sir Hammerlock, Mordecai, Brick, Tiny (big?) Tina and plenty more will return. We also get a look at the new villains, though once again we don’t know a lot about them just yet. It appears we’ll be visiting several distinct locations, which is a welcome change. If you’re not here for the story, today’s trailer is heavy on the action, there’s even a gun that walks on two legs! – just in case you thought Borderlands 3 will make things less ridiculous. As announced at the panel, more details will be revealed on April 3. Until then, you can watch today’s trailer below:<doc-sep>“Borderlands 3” was officially confirmed with a splashy trailer during developer Gearbox’s annual PAX East talk on Thursday. The panel, which was packed with “Borderlands”-related news, most notably showed off the first footage of the highly anticipated sequel to 2012’s “Borderlands 2” which will feature more than a billion guns, some of which can walk. The developer didn’t mention when the game would be coming out, where it would be sold or to which platforms it would arrive. More details will be released on Borderlands.com on April 3, the company announced. Prior to officially announcing the game, Gearbox CEO and president Randy Pitchford discussed the teaser trailer and all of the little things hidden in the video including characters from past and the upcoming game and even a tiny morse code message that, when translated, reads “Don’t forget to drink your Ovaltine.” The “Borderlands” games kicked off in 2009, delivering a seemingly unending supply of unusual guns to the colorful space western backdrop of Pandora. Collectively, the “Borderlands” games have shipped more than 41 million copies since that first title hit shelves. The game also has a film adaptation in the worlds by Lionsgate. Earlier this week, Gearbox dropped a teaser trailer that ends with the phrase “Mayhem is coming.” The video was entitled “Mask of Mayhem” and the description included a link to the “Borderlands” website. During the panel, Gearbox also announced a slew of new titles coming to its third-party portfolio, including “Bulletstorm: Duke of Switch,” “Pathologic 2,” and “Risk of Rain 2.” Pitchford also showed off new card game in the “Borderlands” universe. “Tiny Tina’s Robot Tea Party” is the first “Borderlands” tea party of its kind, and is available for purchase on the PAX East show floor. The studio also announced a remastered and improved version of the original “Borderlands” coming to PC for free, and to consoles, that all of the DLC to date for “Borderlands 2” was coming to the VR version of the game for free, and discussed a new HD upgrade coming to the other existing games.<doc-sep>
It’s official (for real this time). Gearbox Software is making Borderlands 3, and the developer showed off first gameplay footage from its upcoming sequel at PAX East today. The first trailer for Borderlands 3 features many familiar elements from the series: a four-person team of Vault Hunters, “over one billion guns,” big mechs, series mascot Claptrap busting a move, cel-shaded graphics, and vast areas in which to shoot and loot. And there are plenty of familiar faces from throughout the Borderlands franchise; Brick, Lilith, Maya, Mordecai, Ellie, Marcus, Tiny Tina, and other returning characters all make cameos. The Vault Hunters appear to be all new. Here’s what the trailer tells us about them: There’s a buff female Hunter who has the markings of a Siren and can apparently spawn six massive arms, each just as buff as she is. We see her briefly summoning a giant arm later in the trailer, holding an enemy in a containment bubble. A younger female Hunter appears standing in front of a mech that she can apparently summon, and that other players can apparently co-pilot. She’s also seen driving in a big ol’ wheel vehicle outfitted with ample firepower. An older male Hunter apparently uses a gadget that will let him create a holographic version of himself. An android or robot Hunter appears to fight alongside a variety of pets, including a Skag and Spiderant. Also seen in the trailer: a variety of locations, including desert wastelands, sleek cities, and swamplands; dozens of mutants, giant robots, and hideous creatures to shoot; showers of green, blue, and purple loot. Gearbox did not announce a release date or platforms for Borderlands 3. But publisher 2K Games promises more information on Borderlands 3 on April 3 — the same day it will release Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition.