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Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Borderlands: The Pre Sequel, and Borderlands 2 Free Ultra HD Pack Download Available from April 3

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Borderlands 2 Free Ultra HD Pack Download Available from April 3

By Rishi Alwani | Updated: 29 March 2019 01:59 IST

Borderlands ultra HD pack will be a free download for PS4 Pro, Xbox One X, and PC

Highlights

PC and Xbox One X owners can download them separately per title
PS4 Pro owners have to download them in their entirety
HDR support is included as well

At the Borderlands 3 reveal event, Gearbox Software revealed that Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection players on PC, PS4 Pro, and Xbox One X will get a free ultra HD pack next week. From April 3, owners of these games for the aforementioned platforms will be able to download this update which also brings HDR too. The PS4 Pro pack will be available as downloadable content on the PS Store product page for Borderlands: The Handsome Collection while PC and Xbox One X players have the option to download the texture pack for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 2 separately.

Visual improvements related to this ultra HD pack will be present automatically rather than forcing users to fiddle with in-game menus.

PS4 Pro and Xbox One X Borderlands: The Handsome Collection Ultra HD pack features

4K ultra HD resolution and HDR for Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro players
Remastered 4K environment textures, including geometry and skyboxes
Remastered 4K characters and vehicles
Updated weapon meshes and textures
Re-encoded 4K Cinematics
Improved anti-aliasing, including improved edge line implementation
- This includes improved ink line definition and framing/outline around character models
Higher resolution dynamic shadows
- Improved quality and smoothness of shadows, especially during movement

Borderlands 2 and Pre-Sequel Ultra HD Texture Pack PC features

Remastered 4K environment textures, including geometry and skyboxes
Remastered 4K characters and vehicles
Remastered 4K weapon meshes and textures
Improved anti-aliasing, including improved edge line implementation
- This includes improved ink line definition and framing/outline around character models
Higher resolution dynamic shadows
- Improved quality and smoothness of shadows, especially during movement
Improved Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
- An improved SSAO method for more realistic ambient lighting

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Further reading: Borderlands 3, Borderlands 2, Borderlands The Handsome Collection, Borderlands The Pre Sequel, PS4 Pro, Xbox One X, PC games, PC gaming