Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (stylized as Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!) is an video game developed by , with assistance from and published by . It is the third game in the , and is set after 2009's and before 2012's . It was released for , , , and on 14 October 2014. and ports were released as part of on 24 March 2015.
The storyline of The Pre-Sequel focuses on , an employee of the Hyperion corporation; after the company's Helios space station is captured by a military unit known as the Lost Legion, he leads a group of four Vault Hunters—all of whom were and bosses in previous Borderlands games—on an expedition to re-gain control of Helios, defeat the Lost Legion, and find the hidden vault on Pandora's moon Elpis. The game expands upon the engine and gameplay of Borderlands 2 and introduced gameplay mechanics, including low-gravity environments, freeze weapons, and , which are used to navigate and perform ground slamming attacks.
The Pre-Sequel received positive reviews, being praised for its new gameplay features and character classes, but was criticized for its confusing level design and not providing enough significant deviations from the core mechanics and gameplay of Borderlands 2.