Gearbox Software has noted several times that Borderlands 3, its eagerly awaited sequel in the looter shooter franchise, will not be at E3 2018. However, it has announced Project 1v1, a competitive first person shooter that’s currently in development. Oddly enough, along with focusing on 1v1 combat, there will also be a collectible card game aspect to it.

A closed technical test for the game has already been held for the game in August 2017. It was to test both the online infrastructure as well as “learn what players like you think about the game in order to inform and influence future development”. Given that it was only available for North American servers, it will be interesting to see if more closed tests are announced for other regions.

Project 1v1 is the in-progress name for the title, which will apparently be receiving a behind closed doors presentation at E3 2018 (as per VG247). It’s interesting to see Gearbox go in this direction, especially considering Battleborn, which also featured a MOBA-esque twist on the hero shooter genre, didn’t pan out.

It seems like Gearbox Software, the folks behind the Borderlands and Battleborn series, may be working on something new. In a new newsletter, it seems like they have revealed Project 1v1, a new game that apparently melds elements of a first person shooter, with a… card game? Wait, what? How does that even work?

The short answer is, we don’t know yet. We know nothing about this project except for its existence, though Gearbox are promising to hold a ‘closed PC technical test’ (so basically a beta) later this Summer. The beta will apparently have a ranked mode, an unranked mode, as well as an Arena mode, where you queue up to fight the reigning champion, and take their place should you defeat them.

This apart, Gearbox is also expected to be working on Borderlands 3, which presumably should be revealed soon, and released some time next year, at least if Take Two’s teases are to be believed.