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On the eve of last year’s Borderlands 3 release, publisher 2K pulled off an impressive goodwill PR gesture. In short, they released free “Ultra HD” texture updates for Borderlands 2 and Borderlands The Pre-Sequel, available for immediate download to any owners of these older games. These updates work on the Xbox One X, PS4 Pro, and PC, and add entirely new redrawn artwork to the game alongside tweaks to the visual settings, bringing these earlier titles more in line with modern graphics expectations.
The only thing awkward about this is the required manual download. You’ll have to click through your digital game store of choice to find and install each pack, and they weigh-in at about 8 additional gigabytes of data per game. I did this when they first released last fall, gave each one a quick look…then sort of forgot about them. I’ve already poured hundreds of hours collectively into the Borderlands series, and although the update was nice, they got placed on the digital shelf inside my brain for another day.
