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Borderlands 3 might be releasing in September as an Epic Games Store exclusive

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It was all fun and games until those damn guns grew legs. That’s when the real fight for tomorrow began. The harbinger of the apocalypse? Borderlands 3, as the cringe-worthy build-up to the reveal of Gearbox’s next chapter in the Pandora loot ‘n shoot extravaganza had plenty to reveal, from villains to Claptrap’s latest dubstep dance moves. And the aforementioned guns with legs, I cannot stress this enough.

One thing that Gearbox wasn’t talking about? When the actual game will be out. Thanks to a recently deleted tweet, it looks there won’t be too much of a wait between now and the final release, as the official Borderlands account seems to have jumped the gun on that reveal. According to its hasty pull of the tweet trigger, Borderlands 3 will be out in September. “Mayhem is coming September 13” read the original text in the trailer from that tweet before its removal, which of course had the usual advertising to pre-order now dammit.

That’s a sweet spot for a release date, as September’s biggest release has usually been in the form of Destiny over the last couple of years. A game which exists as a contrast to Borderlands, only with very little dubstep and a better Claptrap in the form of Cayde-6. Who is now Cayde-6 feet under. Too soon? Too soon.

The big news though, is that the deleted tweet also listed Borderlands 3 as a Epic Store exclusive. It’s no secret that Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford has a certain distaste for Valve and their digital distribution store, and with the Epic Games Store offering a bigger slice of the revenue pie to a game that has a very dedicated and large audience who’ll probably be ready to grab a purchase on day one, that’s a potentially lucrative deal to dig into.

It’s also the kind of deal that could set a precedent for Gearbox’s parent company Take-Two Interactive, because if Borderlands 3 is a success then other games such as Rockstar’s inevitable Grand Theft Auto 6 and the 2K series of sportsball games could also make a more exclusive leap to that growing portal for games.

Until then, a little patience will go a long way as more Borderlands 3 news is coming later this week.

Last Updated: April 2, 2019

28 Comments

  1. Well, another game I won’t be buying then

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  2. HairyEwok

    April 2, 2019 at 09:49

    This epic exclusive bullshit needs to end, I’m all for competition but release the games on all launchers and see which one performs the best out of the lot.

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  3. Llama In The Rift

    April 2, 2019 at 11:35

    At this point i just wana play the game so will have to buy it from Epic, people you’ve got 2 choices, Buy or don’t play, but if you go with the latter promise you’ll miss out on allot of fun. No sense in fighting the system since Epic’s here to stay.

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  4. G8crasha

    April 2, 2019 at 12:07

    This whole Epic Store vs. Steam issue is quite irritating for some, yet, parallels can easily be seen with other forms of entertainment and media (movies, series, music, etc.), and exclusives there, but people don’t get all salty over that, so why do people get salty over this. Oh well. We are all entitled to our own opinions. For me, if I want to play a game, I will play it, regardless of which distribution service has it.

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  5. Kenn Gibson

    April 2, 2019 at 13:45

    I don’t understand all the Epic Store hate.

    I can see why developers and publishers want to go that route. You get paid more for your hard made game (this is good) and you have a platform that has good market penetration due to Fortnight. It will (probably) come to steam a year later, so essentially you have a double launch for your game. This is all good, and we moan when companies lay off staff, so earning well and making good games is good right? BL3 / Metro etc

    As players if we want to play a game and that game with our friends, we will all have it installed. One more password to remember. Sure it’s an inconvenience, but for companies to continue to make good enjoyable games, I’ll take it. I have to already remember for Steam, GW2, and Battle.net so why not just add Epic.

    If there’s more to it than that please enlighten me. I am genuinely curious

    Also they gave me Subnautica for free…. so there’s that,

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    • CodeDisQus

      April 3, 2019 at 14:19

      I agree. The way I see it, gamers LOVE Steam because steam favours them, but Developers are pretty much tied to Steam. Now Epic comes along and disturbs the apple cart and people are hating on them. IMO I say they must come. I’ve seen their roadmap and they will be implementing a lot of the key features that Steam has in the future. So that’s great. I know that they have some of their own BS that they need to sort out, which I’m sure they will if they want to stay relevant.

      I just don’t get this whole notion that Steam has to be the only platform for PC gaming to thrive. Steam has been ass for the longest time and now that they have competition, I hope they will. With regards to the hassle of having another launcher, let’s be honest, if the people complaining had to look to the bottom left of their screen, there are probably 4 or 5 icons that they didn’t even know were running. The excuse of another password, seriously, how many random accounts do we have already….. A lot of weird excuses just to protect steam, which at the end of the day is a business and has been competition less for so long they’ve stagnated. Steam itself is basically a browser in app for, the issues that developers have had tend to fall on deaf ears most of the time and people get away with absolute trash on that platform.

      So yeah, you don’t have to love epic, but hoping that they fail WILL be detrimental to PC gaming. Monopolies are NEVER a good thing!

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  6. Kromas

    April 2, 2019 at 09:25

    In before “Not steam.Will pirate” posts 😛

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      April 2, 2019 at 09:32

      Yeah I don’t get that. If you want it that badly, buy it. Otherwise just wait & play something else in the mean time.

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    • Yahtzee

      April 2, 2019 at 09:40

      Even if it’s the tiniest dent to Epic’s destruction then I say let them pirate it 🙂

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      • Kromas

        April 2, 2019 at 09:40

        My opinion is rather just don’t play it.

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        • Yahtzee

          April 2, 2019 at 09:48

          Might still be an “out of season April fools joke”

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    • Nigel Alan Smith

      April 2, 2019 at 09:25

      And why not? I have all borderlands games on my steam account, i dont care if its on epic, what gets me is the exclusive part.. Its on the same system, maybe if they decide to release it on steam I’ll buy it.. But until then I’ll have finished the pirate version of the game

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      • Kromas

        April 2, 2019 at 09:32

        Whatever you need to tell yourself. I don’t particularly care. I just knew someone was going to try and make excuses for piracy.

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        • Nigel Alan Smith

          April 2, 2019 at 09:32

          Put it this way, if you had a book collection (take the dune series for example), would you want all of the paper back/digital… Or only some of them physical and others digital?

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          • Kromas

            April 2, 2019 at 09:39

            Like I said. Whatever you need to tell yourself.

  7. Nigel Alan Smith

    April 2, 2019 at 09:25

    Well. .Looks like i need to make sure my pirate bay account is still working..

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    • The D

      April 2, 2019 at 10:25

      That’s kind of not cool. I do believe in voting with your wallet, but stealing the game isn’t exactly the right message to send.

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  8. Matthew Holliday

    April 2, 2019 at 09:25

    Great, another login that I need to remember now.

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  9. Alien Emperor Trevor

    April 2, 2019 at 09:32

    I can be patient. I also like that I can plan ahead – this looks like a June/December 2021 purchase on Steam.

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    • Kromas

      April 2, 2019 at 09:32

      Patience is key if you hate Epic. Although Gearbox hates Valve more so this may or may not be a timed exclusive.

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        April 2, 2019 at 09:32

        Well if that happens then I’ll play Borderlands 3 in the same way I play console exclusives, I won’t. 😀

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        • Kromas

          April 2, 2019 at 09:32

          Here is hoping it comes on steam then.

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  10. WickedMONK3Y

    April 2, 2019 at 09:32

    The chubby that I had for this game suddenly went turtle. Epic need to seriously just **** right off and go **** themselves.

    I skipped Metro Exodus because of the Epic exclusive. I can understand on console because Sony or Microsoft actually pay the developers big bucks to develop on their specific platform but the PC is basically open platform and Epic hardly played a role in the development of these games other than perhaps the engine.

    I really hope Gearbox take the same stance as CDProjekt and not allow store exclusives.

    Also, the Tweet was on April 1st so…. bag of salt? train of salt? ship of salt?

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  11. CrAiGiSh

    April 2, 2019 at 11:35

    Will play regardless on which launcher it ends up on.

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  12. Steffmeister

    April 2, 2019 at 17:56

    Nah, I could skip borderlands 3 entirely if it was Epic exclusive.

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