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Ultra HD Texture packs for three Borderlands titles hit PS4 Pro, Xbox One X, PC next week

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Gearbox Software will hand out Ultra HD Texture packs for three Borderlands titles next week.

During its PAX East 2019 panel today, Gearbox Software announced the Ultra HD Texture Packs for  Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Borderlands 2.

The Ultra HD Texture Pack is a free visual upgrade which will be made available to both new and existing owners of the aforementioned games on PC, PS4 Pro, and Xbox One X.

On PlayStation 4 Pro, the texture pack will appear as downloadable content on the digital product page for Borderlands: The Handsome Collection.

If you play on PC or Xbox One X, you will have the option to download the texture pack for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 2 separately.

You'll find many of the visual improvements automatically enabled when the Texture Pack is installed. There is no need to manually enable them in the in-game video settings menu. Pretty handy.

borderlands the handsome collection

The Ultra HD Texture Pack on console includes:

  • 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

Ultra HD Texture Pack for 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

The texture packs will be released next week on April 3.

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