Looks like Gearbox are teasing Borderlands 3

Gearbox Software are teasing something for their PAX East 2019 panel in Boston later this month, and all of the very large signs are pointing to a new Borderlands.

It all began with this. The cel-shaded style, desert, and bold graffiti  are all highly reminiscent of the beloved shooter-looter franchise.

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— Gearbox Official (@GearboxOfficial) March 12, 2019

Here we have something a little more cryptic with a robot on an operating table. Perhaps the bigger Borderlands lore fans could squeeze out some clues, here.

Time to tease another game for PAX! pic.twitter.com/N6OQIUZnAc

— Gearbox Official (@GearboxOfficial) March 13, 2019

Their most recent tweet, however, more or less confirms we’re getting a new Borderlands game.

Time to tease another game for PAX! pic.twitter.com/nYXncBmlI9

— Gearbox Official (@GearboxOfficial) March 14, 2019

But is it Borderlands 3?

After Battleborn dived, crashed and burned, gamers turned to the studio with renewed hope for a fourth Borderlands game. After all, that cliff-hanger in Borderlands 2 set-up some fascinating Vault possibilities, and the Pre-Sequel — as entertaining as the “space Australians” were — didn’t quite manage to fill fan appetites.

So either this is Borderlands 3 or Gearbox are prepared to deal with a tsunami of disappointment.

PAX East 2019 takes place on March 28.