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Now that Borderlands 3 is available for pre-order, Gearbox has revealed the game’s various editions.

Following the Borderlands 3 release date announcement moments ago, pre-orders for the loot shooter have officially gone live on all platforms.

Which means, we have a better idea of what each of the game’s different editions will include. Before we get into details, there is one item in particular worth highlighting.

Borderlands 3’s deluxe, and super deluxe editions (both digital and retail) come with boost mods for loot drops, and XP earned. Though the official press release does not mention any other details, their existence as a bonus in the game’s more expensive editions is concerning.

Borderlands 2 introduced the concept of Relics, rare items that confer specific bonuses. Indeed, one of these Relics could boost drop rates of items higher than common, and another increased XP gain.

It’s not yet clear if these are temporary boosts, or if the deluxe editions simply provide early access to mods players will be able to find through normal play (as that is sometimes the case).

Read on below for a round-up of all of the game’s editions. Pre-ordering any edition gets you gold weapon skins, and weapon trinket.

Borderlands 3 deluxe edition – $80

• Retro Cosmetic Pack: Vault Hunter head and skin, Echo Device skin, and weapon skin.
• Neon Cosmetic Pack: Vault Hunter head and skin, Echo Device skin, and weapon trinket.
• Gearbox Cosmetic Pack: Weapon skin, and weapon trinket.
• Toy Box Weapon Pack: Two toy guns, toy grenade mod, and weapon trinket.
• XP and loot drop boost mods.

Borderlands 3 super deluxe edition – $100

• All digital deluxe content.

-The Borderlands 3 season pass, which includes:

• Four campaign DLC packs with new stories, missions, and challenges.
• Butt Stallion weapon skin, weapon trinket, and grenade mod.

Borderlands 3 Diamond Loot Chest collector’s edition – $250

• All digital super deluxe content.
• Diamond Loot Chest Replica: Featuring a functional retractable lid, this chest is perfect for storing your real-world loot.
• Ten Borderlands 3 character figurines: The four new Vault Hunters, the fanatical Calypso Twins, and some of your favourite characters from the Borderlands universe (approximately 3” tall.).
• Sanctuary 3 snap model: Construct your very own Sanctuary 3 model ship (includes stand)
• Four Vault Key keychains.
• Cloth galaxy map: Typhon DeLeon’s map of the Borderlands.
• Five character art lithographs: Unique character prints starring the new Vault Hunters and fanatical Calypso Twins.
• Borderlands 3 Steelbook case: A metal case for any collector’s shelf.

Borderlands 3 is out September 13 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford is a figure of substantial internet controversy depending on what day of the week it is, and he’s certainly had some, er, interesting things to say over the years. Just look at the time Battleborn was set to go free-to-play, or the day Pitchford discovered the game’s inevitable porn derivatives.

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But today, Pitchford has a message the internet mob might more easily get behind: predatory monetization is bad.

/1 I am generally very much against predatory monetization schemes in F2P games for consumable goods and even more so against them in premium games. I tend to oppose such techniques both as an artist and creator and also as a customer and a gamer.

— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) November 10, 2017

As evidence of his position, he cites the golden keys in Borderlands 2, which were only distributed as promotions rather than sold. Pitchford does hope we stop calling all this stuff loot boxes, though – after all, there are plenty of boxes filled with loot that aren’t trying to squeeze money out of you.

It’s certainly an interesting time for Pitchford to be making these kinds of statements, given that Take-Two – parent company of Borderlands publishers 2K Games – announced to investors this week that they only want to release games with “recurrent consumer spending” options in the future.

But while Pitchford might be against “predatory” purchasing options, he does support more traditional DLC as a concept.

/3 Contrarily, I tend to be very supportive of post-launch monetization of durable goods as DLC in *almost* any form. Again, as a customer and as a creator, I think that new, discrete content that took energy to create deserves to have the effort compensated.

— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) November 10, 2017

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If you want a somewhat more direct line to Randy, there’s good news: he’s now hosting a weekly live call-in show where you can ask him anything you want. The results should be interesting, to say the least. You can tune in Sunday at 14:30 PST / 17:30 EST / 22:30 GMT / 23:30 CET on Twitch to find out what’s next, or check out the video of last week’s inaugural episode. The cast is rotating, so it seems Pitchford won’t always be on, but hey – now’s your chance to ask those burning questions.