Borderlands 4 Patch Due Out Today, PC Performance 'Our Top Priority,' Gearbox Says

Borderlands 4 developer Gearbox has said improving the show of the crippled connected PC is its “top priority,” with a spot owed retired today, September 18.

In a connection issued connected societal media, the developer said it was alert of the feedback from players connected Borderlands 4 crossed PC and console, with patches coming to amended matters.

Meanwhile, Gearbox said a tract of presumption (FOV) slider for consoles is successful testing.

All eyes are connected Gearbox close present to spot however it deals with an net backlash to the show of Borderlands 4 — which has travel contempt immense subordinate numbers connected Steam. The workplace released an update for the crippled connected PC implicit the play — without spot notes — that didn’t look to hole overmuch of anything, truthful hopefully this caller spot is meaningful.

Borderlands 4 is inactive connected a mixed Steam reappraisal rating, with astir of the antagonistic comments revolving astir performance. The tech experts astatine Digital Foundry person said their archetypal investigation of Borderlands 4 connected PC shows important stutter problems, and person advised against moving the crippled connected its ‘Badass’ graphics setting, which suggests determination are so problems with the Unreal Engine 5 title.

Meanwhile, IGN has reported that console players person seen Borderlands 4 show get worse the longer they play, peculiarly connected the much almighty PS5 Pro. Some person said this is the effect of a representation leak. Gearbox main Randy Pitchford has suggested quitting and restarting the crippled arsenic a workaround.

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Gearbox has posted a Borderlands 4 Nvidia Optimization usher connected Steam, advising players however to optimize their graphics settings for “better show and framerates” connected PC with the Nvidia app, though users study mixed results.

Gearbox has besides issued a portion of proposal to PC gamers that to maine reads similar an effort to forestall players from making knee-jerk reactions to the game's show arsenic soon arsenic they’ve changed their settings: “Please enactment that immoderate clip you alteration immoderate of your graphics settings, your shaders volition request to recompile. Please support playing for astatine slightest 15 minutes to spot however your PC's show has changed.”

Pitchford has deed the headlines for his determination to code subordinate complaints astir Borderlands 4 connected societal media this week. Since Borderlands 4’s immense Steam launch, the outspoken developer has issued confusing comments connected wherefore the console mentation of Borderlands 4 lacks a tract of presumption (FOV) slider, promised that it would person been intolerable to interruption the Borderlands 4 servers done sheer value of subordinate numbers alone, told radical to “code your ain motor and amusement america however it’s done, please,” and declared Borderlands 4 “a premium crippled made for premium gamers.” He's adjacent started telling Borderlands 4 players to refund the crippled connected Steam if they're that upset.

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Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].