Borderlands Dev Teases New Entry in the Series With Trailer for ‘Mask of Mayhem’ / Hidden SHiFT Code

We now have proof that a new title in the Borderlands franchise is coming. Is a sequel? A prequel? Another pre-sequel? Or a sequel to a prequel?

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From the official Borderlands YouTube:

Mayhem is coming! Tune in tomorrow at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT at Borderlands.com for Gearbox’s PAX East livestream.

International Times:
March 28th – 11:00am PDT / 18:00pm GMT / 19:00pm CET / 20:00pm EET
March 29th – 2:00am GMT+8 / 3:00am JST/KST / 5:00am AEDT

There is a lot of fan chatter about the franchise, as of late, with developer Gearbox going pretty intensely at social media teasers for their games. PAX East promises to be full of, if nothing else, a lot of Borderlands content with the possibility of a new IP, and rumors of a Borderlands re-master and the Handsome Collection coming to the Nintendo Switch. We will find out more about this tomorrow, of course, so for now we will just dissect this teaser trailer a little bit.

Hidden within the trailer, Reddit users found Braille and Morse code among other secrets that led to hidden messages such as ‘Count the Sirens’ (of which there are 3), and a SHiFT Code for Borderlands 2 and the Pre-Sequel. On Reddit, /user/RedditictCumberbatch was able to piece together details of the hidden messages along with the help of various other users on the /r/Borderlands3 subreddit.

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SHiFT Code: C35TB-WS6ST-TXBRK-TTTJT-JJH6H

The code contains a Salvador Skin, 5 golden keys, with mention of new skins to come.

User RedditictCumberbatch made a separate post containing details from the trailer including what is included in the SHiFT code:

  1. From 0:15 to 0:26, Morse Code at the top-left says “COUNT THE SIRENS.”

    • By my count, there’s three:

      • 0:05 – The new villain; she has angel wings like Sirens are usually depicted with.

      • 0:28 – New playable character, sitting in the winged truck. She appears again at 0:57.

      • 0:54 – Lilith.

  2. From 0:36 to 0:52, Braille at the bottom-right says “LIKE, FOLLOW AND OBEY”

  3. There’s also a SHiFT Code which unlocks Salvador’s Community Day Head and Skin in BL2, and 5 Golden Keys: C35TB-WS6ST-TXBRK-TTTJT-JJH6H.

  • When the SHiFT code is redeemed, the game says:

  • Thank you for being excited enough to dissect the new bandit mask with the grace of Dr. Zed! As a reward, you have been granted Salvador’s Community Day skin and 5 Golden Keys! There are more skins to be granted, so good luck out there, Vault Hunter!

    • Thanks for the screenshot, /u/NooblyUser!

    • The head is called “The Beard With No Name”

    • The skin is called “The Dwarf With No Name”

All of this has us pretty anxious and excited at what is to be announced by Gearbox and the Borderlands team tomorrow. Our hopes are high, and our fingers are crossed. All in all, tomorrow looks to be a big day for bother Gearbox and Borderlands fans alike. Don’t miss the live stream! (Times posted above).

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