yeah so i can't post links.

Anyway if u look at their e3 video around the 1:32:20 mark when Todd demonstrates gun modding, when transitioning from the 10mm pistol to the laser pistol, the icon for damage on the lower left changes from crosshair-like to electricity-like. As for the plasma thrower, damage shows both icons.

So are we getting new damage mechanics? Kinetic and heat? Makes sense for plasma having both kinetic and heat.