It’s official: Borderlands 2 is due for release on September 18th in North America and September 21st everywhere else, but that’s not the most interesting thing that 2K Games and Gearbox have released today.

No, that honour goes to the accompanying release date trailer for Borderlands which encourages everybody to ‘Get ready to joy puke our faces off.’ Not even lying.

Words can’t really do justice to the amazing, ridiculous and outrageous sights and sounds in the latest Borderlands 2 trailer, so hop, skip and jump down below to see it for yourself - don’t miss this!

Borderlands 2 Launch Date Trailer

You can read El33tonline’s extensive preview of Borderlands 2 to find out about all of the other craziness in this first-person action RPG (including robot reinforcements from a ‘moon base’), but continue down below to find out about some cool pre-order bonuses for the game, too:

If you pre-order Borderlands 2 at participating retailers, you’ll receive access to the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club, as well as “rewarding” in-game items and bonuses, such as:

• The Gearbox Gun Pack: a collection of unique guns to help players begin their journey on Pandora

• A Golden Key: an in-game item used to unlock a rare item in the mysterious Golden Sanctuary Loot Chest found in Borderlands 2

• The Vault Hunter’s Relic: an in-game item that boosts players’ gear-hunting fortune while playing solo or teaming up with friends

Check here if you’re able to pre-order (expect more locations to be added in the future).

“Living up to the mantra ‘bigger, better and more badass,’ Borderlands 2 features all-new characters; skills; imaginative, diverse new environments with unique missions and enemies; and more exciting and fun weapons, equipment and loot than ever before. All of these features come together in a story that takes players to the world of Pandora to take down the notorious Handsome Jack and his corrupt Hyperion Corporation as a solo campaign or with up to four cooperative players.

“Borderlands 2 will allow friends to play together locally via split-screen, as well as online with drop-in-drop-out capabilities. With seamless cooperative gameplay and action, Borderlands 2 is extremely accessible for gamers and their friends to play alone or together in a variety of configurations.”