Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four brand new Vault Hunters – the ultimate treasure-seeking badasses of the Borderlands, each with deep skill trees, abilities, and customization.
 
Play solo or join with friends to take on insane enemies, collect bazillions of guns and loads of loot, and save your home from the most ruthless cult leaders in the galaxy – the Calypso Twins.

The franchise, which combines the exhilarating action of a first-person shooter with the rich progression and loot systems of a role-playing game, has sold-in more than 41 million units worldwide to date. The most popular title in the series – Borderlands 2 – still draws in more than one million unique monthly users more than six years after the game’s initial release in 2012.

This month, it will have been 10 years since the original Borderlands debuted on October 20, 2009, and we're showing our appreciation for a full decade of support with a five-week Borderlands Anniversary Celebration. For the entire month of October (and a little bit of November), Borderlands 3 Vault Hunters of all levels can score extra in-game loot and bonuses.

As the month-long Borderlands Anniversary Celebration nears its final week and Bloody Harvest draws near, we’re bringing a double dose of bonuses to Borderlands 3. This week’s event, Mayhem on Twitch, rewards players and viewers alike as Mayhem Mode and the Borderlands 3 ECHOcast Twitch Extension get kicked up a notch.

For the duration of the event, players who enable Mayhem Mode will see an increased drop chance for Anointed gear, increased XP gains for defeating enemies, and reduced values for various Mayhem Mode penalty modifiers.

Meanwhile, viewers and streamers on Twitch will enjoy amped-up ECHOcast features. Badass Viewer Events will occur more often (this is a permanent change, too!), and voting periods will be accelerated during the event to make these viewer-controlled badasses even more of a challenge. In addition, Rare Chest Events will have a 100% guaranteed win rate this week instead of the usual one-in-four chance.

As a reminder, Mayhem Mode can only be enabled once you’ve finished Borderlands 3’s main story campaign, which unlocks a special console aboard Sanctuary III. In contrast, earning rewards through ECHOcast requires almost no effort; all you need to do is link your SHiFT and Twitch accounts. Even if you don’t own Borderlands 3 yet, you can still take part in the fun. Any rewards you score via Rare Chest Events will be waiting for you in your in-game mailbox whenever you jump into Borderlands 3. For a step-by-step guide to linking your SHiFT and Twitch accounts, please refer to this blog.

Mayhem on Twitch will begin courtesy of a quick micropatch deploying by or before 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, October 22 and run through October 29, when the final week’s theme begins. If you're playing while the micropatch goes live, you'll receive an in-game notification. To ensure the micropatch is successfully applied, verify that you're online, then simply remain in the main menu for a minute or two.

Developed from the ground up with AMD, Borderlands 3 will take full advantage of the most powerful PC hardware available, and is optimized for top performance and incredible gaming experiences on AMD Radeon graphics cards and Ryzen CPUs.

Borderlands 3 is available worldwide on PS4, Xbox One and PC (Epic Games store with additional PC digital storefronts in April 2020).