Publisher 2K Games and developer Gearbox Software will release a free “Ultra HD Pack” add-on for Borderlands: The Handsome Collection on April 3, the companies announced.

Here is an overview of the pack, via Gearbox Software:

About

This brand new Ultra HD texture pack increases the visual fidelity of Borderlands: The Handsome Collection and its DLC on consoles, and provides a visual upgrade for Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and all their DLC on PC! Upgrade game textures such as characters, vehicles, weapons, and environments. Players will best appreciate all the added detail at 4K resolution, but improvements can be enjoyed on other displays as well.

The Handsome Collection offers the complete story of the franchise’s most iconic villain: Handsome Jack. The collection includes critically-acclaimed shooter-looters Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, along with all of the downloadable content for both titles.

What’s New

The Ultra HD Texture Pack is a free visual upgrade available to both new and existing product owners. On PlayStation 4 Pro, the texture pack will appear as downloadable content on the digital product page for Borderlands: The Handsome Collection. On PC and Xbox One X, players will have the option to download the texture pack for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 2 separately.

On consoles, the Ultra HD Texture Pack 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



On PC, the Ultra HD Texture Pack includes:

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



Please note that some of the above visual improvements are automatically enabled when the Texture Pack is installed. There is no need to manually enable them in the in-game Video settings menu.

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