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Next Borderlands Game Will Include Elon Musk's Flamethrower, Maybe

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While the
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remains officially unannounced, we do know a new entry in the series is coming. Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford apparently doubled down on this today, saying on Twitter that the "next Borderlands game" may include a sentient flamethrower with flavour text written by none other than billionaire investor and businessman Elon Musk.

After Musk tweeted today about a sentient flamethrower and cryptocurrency and safe words, Pitchford asked Musk if he could add this to the "next Borderlands game." Musk said he's cool with it, and that's that, apparently. The flamethrower in question here is
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When the zombie apocalypse happens, you’ll be glad you bought a flamethrower. Works against hordes of the undead or your money back!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
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Obviously, a flamethrower is a super terrible idea. Definitely don’t buy one.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
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Bear in mind that even though Pitchford said he is "super serious" about this, it could still be a joke. We'll have to wait to find out. As for t the real flamethrower, here's what it looks like in real life:


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on Jan 27, 2018 at 5:29pm PST


In 2016, Pitchford confirmed that a
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, though it won't necessarily be called Borderlands 3. At GDC the next year, Pitchford showed off a tech demo for development techniques that could be used in a future game--
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. In September 2017, Pitchford teased a new Borderlands again,
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that around 90 percent of the company's production staff are "working on the thing I think most of you guys want us to be working on."

Take-Two Interactive, which owns Borderlands publisher 2K Games, said that a
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is due out in fiscal 2019. That could be a reference to a new Borderlands title. Whatever the case, Take-Two's fiscal 2019 runs April 2018 through March 2019, so that's when you might be able to expect the next Borderlands game. Maybe.

In 2017, Gearbox quietly
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. The developer also continues to support its hero shooter
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, though
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, it remains to be seen what its future will be.

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