Who needs March Madness if Borderlands 3 is already preparing March Chaos? Gearbox and 2K introduced major updates to Borderlands 3, which will begin next month, during Gearbox’s main presentation at the PAX East event (currently taking place in Boston, USA).
The first news was the release of Borderlands 3 on Steam, scheduled for March 13 this year. Moreover, the owners of the game on Steam and in the Epic Games Store will be able to freely play with each other. The next event is scheduled for March 26: fans of Borderlands 3 are waiting for the premiere of the second add-on for the campaign mode - “Love, guns and tentacles: Wainwright and Hammerlock’s Wedding”.
Sir Alistair Hammerlock and Wainwright Jacobs have finally decided to tie their fates and invite you to celebrate their upcoming wedding on the ice planet Zeilurg. Nothing but the most evil representatives of the wild can survive on these frozen wastelands, and the ominous town of Damned Harbor, where you will be scheduled to meet, is under the colossal skeleton of the dead Monster of the Vault.
If the piercing cold of the ice world and its evil inhabitants do not seem too inhospitable for you, get ready to meet a gang of creepy occultists who worship the skeleton of the vault monster and are ready to do anything to tear apart the engaged partners. In general, you have to repulse the forces of otherworldly evil so that Hammerlock and Wainwright can find their happiness. By the way, you’re very lucky that your back is covered by the coolest and most disagreeable wedding planner in the galaxy - Gage, a fugitive Vault seeker ( Borderlands 2 character who has long been loved by fans for a long time ), who does not part with his robot Gestocus. And that's not all!
Together with old friends and new characters, help true love triumph over ancient horror!
Fight bloodthirsty opponents and formidable bosses, including alien monsters, creepy mutant occultists and a clan of cold-blooded robbers. Complete a lot of side-scrolling (and sometimes dull) tasks that reveal the dark past of the inhabitants of the cursed town. Equip your Warehouse finder with deadly equipment, including a bunch of new legendary weapons and some super-powerful class modifiers.
Flaunt your perfect taste with many new looks, from the heads and looks of the Warehouse seekers to interactive wall decorations and brand new vehicle colors. The addition “Love, guns and tentacles” will return love to the world of Lovecraft on March 26th. It is included in the Borderlands 3 seasonal subscription and in the Super Deluxe Edition materials along with the previous addition, “Moxie Takes the Jackpot in Handsome Jackpot.”
Gearbox and 2K also provided information on the third add-on for Borderlands 3, which will be released this summer. The illustrations shown at the event can be found on the game’s official website. If this hint is not transparent enough, here are a couple of words in addition to you: “savages and dinosaurs” (well, technically these are three words, if you count “and”). It is reported that more detailed information on the third and fourth plot additions will be presented later.
In addition, Gearbox and 2K have announced a plan to release free updates and events that await Borderlands 3 this spring. The first signs in April will be the Chaos 2.0 mode and the seasonal event “Revenge of the Cartels”. Chaos 2.0 mode will introduce changes to the content of the game after completing the storyline campaign by reviewing the mode modifiers. During the Revenge of the Cartels event, you have to track down and kill the members of the cartels to get unique rewards.
Then, in May, the players are waiting for "Zavarushka with the Guard"! Like the previous "Zavarushka at the secret base of" Malivan "", released in November, it will offer the most difficult tests in the game. This intense special mission about the mysterious Eridians will introduce new bosses, equipment and decorations. The difficulty will depend on the number of participants, and to experience the maximum, try the initial zavaroshka mode. In it, complexity is always at the limit and is designed for four seekers of the Storage of the highest level - regardless of the number of players in the team.
It is reported that new information on upcoming additions will arrive soon. In the second half of 2020, players will experience even more chaos! In the meantime, be sure to watch Twitch's recording of Gearbox's performance on PAX East. Among other things, you will see how the head of Gearbox Software studio, Randy Pitchford, talks with the famous director Eli Roth about the Borderlands movie, which is being developed by Lionsgate and Arad Productions.
The developers announced the official release date for the game on Steam during a live broadcast at the PAX East 2020 event, Borderlands 3 already had a page in the Valve store at that time. Moreover, the developers told one very important detail - the game will support cross-play between versions for Steam and the Epic Games Store. That is, if a gamer bought a game in the Epic Games Store, and his friend purchased Borderlands 3 on Steam, then they can play a network co-op together.
This has become available thanks to SHiFT technology with its own matchmaking. The system allows players to create their own friends list between platforms and connect to squads in a co-op. Borderlands 3 on Steam will be released on March 13, only six months after the release in the Epic Games Store.
Unfortunately, SHiFT does not allow you to connect to players who run Borderlands 3 on consoles. Previously, several developers have already implemented a full-fledged cross-display between PCs and consoles, but this is apparently too difficult, so the authors of this shooter decided to limit themselves to two platforms on a PC. In the future, the authors of the project even promised to upgrade the crossplay system, allowing players to transfer weapons between different platforms.
