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We waited seven years already; five months is nothing.

Gearbox Games released the newest trailer for Borderlands 3 today. The trailer showed a few more details for the storyline, and set Sept. 13, 2019, as the official release date. You can see these new details yourself below:

New characters

The four new playable vault hunters finally have names. The swashbuckling-looking female with the helmet is called “Moze.” The brutish, heavy, tanky character is named “Fl4k.” The character who appears to be the series’ newest Siren is “Amara.” The grizzled-looking older male character is named “Zane.”

We also got clues as to why each characters’ Action Skills might be. Moze appears to summon a mech-warrior to fight enemies. Fl4k has a Skag who looks hungry for Psychos. Amara grows several limbs to pummel enemies. Zane deploys a small drone-like bot onto the battlefield.

New villains

The final major detail you trailer gave us was the identity for the new main villains. The new male and female counterparts are called the Calypso Twins.  Frames from last week’s reveal trailer showed signs saying “Children of the Vault.” Today’s trailer has confirmed that these Children of the Vault are brother and sister.

We don’t have any more details on what their impact has been to Pandora, or what they have planned. A hidden message from the initial teaser trailer saying, “Count the Sirens,” might give us a clue for the motive of the new baddies. You can read about all the hidden messages in the trailer, and watch the trailer in the article below.

Pre-order details

Borderlands 3 is now available for pre-order. If you pre-order the game, you get trinkets and skins for all your in-game guns.

The season pass will include four additional campaigns and the Butt Stallion pack. Named after our favorite diamond-pony, the pack includes weapon skins, a weapon trinket, and a grenade mod.

Two different deluxe editions are also available. Each contains additional packs with skins, mods, etc. Finally, there is a collector’s edition valued at $250. The collector’s edition includes the game, the season pass, everything available in the deluxe editions, and figurines of characters, among other baubles.

Get ready to joy-puke your face off.

Today at PAX,  Gearbox dropped the nearly four-minute long trailer for Borderlands 3. Take a look:

It is unknown where “Mask of Mayhem” fits into the title of the new game, but the trailer still had plenty of things for fans to dive into.

New vault hunters

Along with the series’ wide cast of characters, the trailer revealed the four new vault hunters players get to choose from to start their adventure. The game hints that one of them might be a Siren, as is a Borderlands tradition. The rest of the cast appear to be the typical heavy, sniper, and basic characters seen in similar titles.

The new vault hunters have the same Borderlands charm we have come to appreciate throughout the years. We will have to wait to find out what unique skills they all possess, but the insect-like drone hovering behind the sniper character promises lots of wonderful mayhem.

A billion more guns… and guns with legs

Borderlands 2 broke the Guinness World Record for most guns in a video game with nearly 18 million guns. Borderlands 3 looks to leave that number in the dust. The bold claim of adding “a billion more guns” might be a bit of a stretch since when the Borderlands 2 trailer dropped years ago, it said the game would have an absurd “870 gajillion more guns.”

Borderlands 3 will also have a new mechanic for guns as now some have legs so guns can walk around shooting people. If you are looking for a reason to buy this game, “guns with legs” should be your top selling point.

New worlds to explore

One of the most stunning parts of the trailer surely was the new worlds for players to explore. Typically, a Borderlands world is one of two things: a harsh landscape filled with unruly creatures that want to eat your face, or a small city or camp filled with townsfolk that want to eat your face. Borderlands 3 showed worlds similar to ones from the past but also showed a giant city complete with skyscrapers and floodlights illuminating the sky.

New villains

As many fans predicted, the character models Gearbox revealed yesterday were the new villains for Borderlands 3. The characters who are being called the “Children of the Vault” don’t offer many hints as to who they are, where they came from, or what their motives might be. As this game is set to take place a few years after Borderlands 2, we can assume that the events of that game have molded the villains for Borderlands 3.

That guy sure does look like Handsome Jack though, and that girl is wearing a lot of clothes that might be hiding some tattoos…

The rest of the panel

Before the Borderlands 3 trailer, Gearbox showed fans a trailer for a remastered version of Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, which you can watch below.

The game will feature both Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel along with all the DLC from both titles. The game has gotten a new coat of polish and will be playable in ultra HD.

Gearbox announced that a remastered version of the game-of-the-year edition of Borderlands will be available for purchase on April 3 for PS4, XBox One and PC.

The panelists began by going over yesterday’s trailer and revealing some of the hidden secrets left for the savvy player to find. Sadly, panelists told attendants at PAX that Handsome Jack’s mask was briefly shown in the trailer just to mess with fans, as the character is dead, and we now have new villains to tango with on the new adventure.

The panel was padded with news about other Gearbox projects on the horizon, but nobody really cares because everyone at the panel and everyone tuning in online just wanted to hear about the new Borderlands game. They did, however, mention a new table-top Borderlands card game called “Tiny-Tina’s Robot Tea Party,” and that sounded cool.

More details will be revealed for Borderlands 3 on April 3. In order to keep updated on all things Borderlands, Gearbox created a Discord for fans. We’ve included the QR code below.