Gearbox unveils Borderlands 3's upcoming Halloween event Bloody Harvest
And Borderlands 2 VR gets Steam release date.
Borderlands 3 has barely been out a week, but already developer Gearbox is rolling out the presumably gun-laden tea trolley marked "future content plans". And at least some of the supplementary morsels scattered atop its silverware will take the form of special free limited-time events, with the first of these, Bloody Harvest, coming next month.
Bloody Harvest, which was unveiled during the first episode of Gearbox's new Borderlands Show livestream series, will be a Halloween-themed offering, and brings new enemies, new loot, and a brand-new location. Players will need to have gained access to Sanctuary III in the main game to participate in Bloody Harvest - and, once the event is underway, will initially be tasked with amassing a substance known as Hecktoplasm in order to reach the new map.
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While out in space, Vault Hunters will encounter new Haunted enemies, which will rise up as ghosts on death and pursue those that bought a sorry end to their corporeal existence. Coming into contact with one of these vengeful spirits will inflict the new Terror de-buff, partially shrouding a player's vision with mist, and weakening gun handling, accuracy, and spread.
Things aren't any less perilous once you've found your way to Bloody Harvest's new area either; here, players will encounter flying, fire-breathing pumpkins known as Rakk-O'-Lanterns, as well as Captain Haunt - a variation of the main game's Captain Traunt - who presides over the new location. Murderous hijinks will inevitably ensue.
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The good news is that there are numerous rewards for defeating these spooky threats, including new Vault Hunter skins, an ECHO Device skin, a global weapon skin, a new shield, a grenade mod, and two new weapons - one of which is the disturbingly gelatinous Fearmonger, seen below. You'll find a few more details in Gearbox's latest blog post.
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No exact start date for Borderlands 3's Bloody Harvest event has been shared at present, but it likely won't be long before more is revealed.
In other Borderlands-related news, Gearbox has announced that Borderlands 2 VR - which includes the previously revealed Bad Ass Mega Fun DLC pack - will be heading to Steam, following its PS4 release earlier this year, on 22nd October.