Borderlands 3 is getting a free PS5 and Xbox Series X upgrade — and four-player splitscreen – The Verge

Gearbox isnt making the exact same pledge to would-be owners of the less expensive $300 Xbox Series S, obviously, because that console thats generally targeting 1440p resolutions rather of 4K. The other news today is a new splitscreen mode that supports 3 or 4 gamers on the same Television, letting you bring along 3 good friends to play on a single console. That a person is concerning the Xbox Series S, in addition to the X and both PlayStation 5 models.

In 2015, Digital Foundry discovered that even the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X just handled to run the game your option of 3200 x 1800 resolution and 30 fps, or 1080p at 60fps, making you sacrifice either resolution or a smooth frame rate, and efficiency wasnt necessarily constant even then– so a real 4K60 project might make quite the distinction.

The image above (and embedded in the tweet below) has all the information, however simply in case you cant make out the great print the primary news is this: on PS5 and Xbox Series X, the video game will now perform at 4K resolution at 60 frames per 2nd, both greater and smoother than any console can run Borderlands 3 today.

Borderlands 3 is the latest game to adopt a motivating trend– providing players a next-gen upgrade without making them pay for it– and in this case, its one thatll be very welcome to console players who have 4K television sets.

And if youre planning to keep trucking with a current gen PS4 or Xbox One, you get a consolation reward too: youll quickly be able to divide your current two-player splitscreen mode vertically rather of horizontally, possibly to get a better view of the video games desolate skies.

Other games getting totally free next-gen upgrades: The Witcher 3, Destiny 2, and Dead by Daylight, and– on Xbox, anyhow– any video game that registers for Microsofts Smart Delivery program, including Assassins Creed Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077. Games that will make you pay include Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War, Control and apparently NBA 2K21.