Daily Reaction has a long history with Borderlands. Before I was even writing for PlayStation LifeStyle, I won an overly large Borderlands 2 t-shirt from Dan and Sebastian by committing to the role and sending in a shirtless photo recreating the psycho on the cover of the game. (I?m pretty sure it was also this picture that ranked me as number 27 in the ?4o Hottest Men in Games,? just ahead of EA?s Peter Moore, and right behind Shuhei Yoshida.) If Borderlands 2 feels like a long time ago, that?s because it was. The game originally released in 2012, nearly seven years ago now. Since then we got the Pre-Sequel in 2014 and so many Borderlands 2 ports, remakes, and remasters, that it could give Skyrim a run for its money. It?s been a long time that fans have been demanding a return to that world, and if a recent tease from Gearbox is anything to go by, we just might see Borderlands 3 before the end of the month. Initially, my own excitement prickled. I love the Borderlands games, right" I?m one of the fans that?s been asking for the next game in the series. But then I started to get nervous. Borderlands 3 has clearly been in development for a long time. There?s been some trouble at the studio. We talked about how a potential Borderlands 3 could be influenced by the original Destiny on a Bad Gamers podcast back in 2015. Now we?re two years into Destiny 2 and we still have only seen fleeting glimpses and vagueries about the next game.

What worries me most is that Borderla...