Borderlands Games, Handsome Collection Receive Major Update

Gearbox continues to update its popular shooter franchise.

Gearbox Software is chugging away on Battleborn and the next big Borderlands but it hasn’t neglected its past games by a long shot. The developer recently released patch notes for a new update that’s gone live for Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection that adds a number of different refinements.

In Borderlands 2 for instance, there have been changes and refinements to elemental-based skills to buff abilities like Maya’s along with adding the Fastball, a legendary grenade, to Boll’s loot pool. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel gets theus ual range of performance and bug fixes. The update does make legendary drop rate improvements permanent for both games.

Meanwhile, the Handsome Collection receives a number of performance improvements and quality of life improvements. Specific multiplayer connectivity issues on the Xbox One version have also been addressed.

What are your thoughts on the new update? Let us know in the comments below and stay tuned for more information.

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