2K Games and Gearbox have released a new trailer for the forthcoming Borderlands: The Pre-sequel, also confirming October 17th as the game's international launch date, which will follow an earlier October 14th North American launch.

The latest trailer is titled "Moon Dance", and although the name immediately suggests a certain Van Morrison song, the video's soundtrack is a rather frenzied electronic number, and Dance Central/Rock Band developer Harmonix reportedly had a hand in the clip's creation.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel continues the franchise’s tradition of industry-leading co-op allowing friends to play together locally via split-screen as well as online with drop-in-drop-out capabilities. With co-op being as seamless as ever, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel remains accessible for gamers and their friends to play alone or together in a variety of configurations.

“It’s incredibly exciting that an all-new Borderlands experience is as close as this October,” added Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software. “If you’ve played any of the Borderlands games or if you have a friend who hasn’t yet, the opportunity to blast off as a new set of playable characters in a whole new campaign experience, including shooting and looting on the moon, is just around the corner.”

“We are huge fans of the Borderlands franchise and are thrilled to have this opportunity to show what we can bring to the Borderlands universe,” concluded Tony Lawrence, general manager of 2K Australia. “We can’t wait for fans to play as Athena, Wilhelm, Nisha and Claptrap and experience the new low-gravity gunplay with awesome new guns to freeze and smash enemies, all in the name of Handsome Jack.”

Watch the clip below, and mark October 17 2014 on your calendars for Borderlands: The Pre-sequel on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.