Look, all I’m saying is that in the circle of life, nature favours the fella with the best and biggest gun. Especially when nature throws acid-vomiting Skags, pesky Rakks and Threshers which want to rip your arms straight out of their sockets. Creatures which you can get a glimpse of in the first of several Borderlands 3 videos which feature Claptrap and Steve (HEYOH!) documenting what players can expect to run into when the sequel lands later this year.

Borderlands originale was an easy 10-hour game and triple that with its superb DLC, whereas Borderlands 2 gobbled up dozens of hours with a similar format, larger world and expansions threw fascinating new wrinkles into the game. How big is Borderlands 3 going to be then? Pretty big, I said while wiggling my eyebrows.

The leaked expansion to the looter shooter that came out roughly seven years ago launched last night and is completely free for all players until July 9th. With the ever-growing hype surrounding Borderlands 3 consuming a vast portion of many gamer’s brain stems, it seems like an almost obvious idea for 2K and Gearbox to return to the beloved second …

I mean, we knew it was coming right? It would be unreasonable to think that 2K and Gearbox wouldn’t be showing off some more of Borderlands 3 at E3. Building on what we already know about Borderlands 3, it seems that this brief stinger only really served as a hype-train for the highly anticipated looter-shooter. Still, I’m not complaining because …

Borderlands 3 is coming later this year, and I’m increasingly becoming excited for it. That’s despite the fact that every time Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford seems to open his mouth, stupidity flows out of it. Games aren’t made by single people in vacuums though, so I’m happy to support the hundreds of people making the game, when evidence suggests their boss might not be the nicest person on the planet. I’m veering off topic though. The point is that we’re getting more Borderlands – but we might be getting even more than anticipated.

Borderlands cosplay may just be the easiest costume to do when you’re on a shoestring budget. Grab a toy gun, rip your shirt off to show off your glistening dad bod and put on a paper mache mask. Congrats! You’re now officially cosplaying as a bandit from that universe. Now run around the convention and shout stuff about meat puppets …

The unfolding Borderlands 3 dispute between David Eddings and Randy Pitchford just got uglier, as the former voice of Claptrap claims that the Gearbox CEO assaulted him.

Borderlands 3 even begins in a way that’ll be instantly familiar to anyone who played any of the previous games. You’re a new vault hunter in town, a charismatic threat has popped up and series icon Claptrap is there to greet you. Only this time, his distinctive voice sounds kind of…off. What gives? For Borderlands 3, Clappy’s regular voice actor David Eddings has been replaced entirely.