{"id":1164,"date":"2019-12-28T02:11:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T02:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obilesky.com\/2019\/12\/28\/borderlands-3-wont-support-preloading-on-the-epic-games-store-at-launch\/"},"modified":"2019-12-28T02:11:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T02:11:12","slug":"borderlands-3-wont-support-preloading-on-the-epic-games-store-at-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/game8k.com\/?p=1164","title":{"rendered":"Borderlands 3 won&#8217;t support preloading on the Epic Games Store at launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/game-debate.com\/images\/blog\/top\/top__id1565686097_343178.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Borderlands 3<br \/>\nCan I Run It?<\/p>\n<p>Add FPS<br \/>\nCompare GPU<br \/>\nTrailers<\/p>\n<p>Borderlands 3 <br \/>Have your say<\/p>\n<p>User Review<\/p>\n<p>8.52 <\/p>\n<p>Optimisation<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"ors-thumb-down-5413\" class=\"thumb-btn-5413 thumbDown   \" data-thumb-val=\"-1\" title=\"I think Borderlands 3 is not well optimised\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p><button id=\"ors-thumb-up-5413\" class=\"thumb-btn-5413 thumbUp   \" data-thumb-val=\"1\" title=\"I think Borderlands 3 is well optimised\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p>7 <\/p>\n<p>Most Demanding<\/p>\n<p class=\"mdg-score\" style=\"font-size: 8px\">Most Demanding Score?<\/p>\n<p>Low vs Ultra Screenshots<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 5px;text-align: center\">Editorial<\/h4>\n<p>Related News<\/p>\n<p>In thoroughly unsurprising news for those keeping track of the Epic Games Store\u2019s barren update schedule, Borderlands 3 will be launching next month with any support for preloading the game.<\/p>\n<p>The news has been confirmed by Epic CEO Tim Sweeney himself, who responded to fan asking if they\u2019d be able to play Borderlands 3 at midnight the night of release with <em>\u201cI\u2019m sorry, we won\u2019t have support for preloading in the Borderlands release timeframe.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Behind-the-scenes, Epic has implemented support for file pre-loading but <em>\u201cisn\u2019t certain it\u2019s up to the demands of a blockbuster like Borderlands [3]\u201d<\/em>. I\u2019m no expert although I\u2019d presume preloading is a fairly complex task to get right, particularly in terms of security and scale. Still, Epic surely has plenty of resources and manpower to get it up to speed with smaller titles first. Why not let us pre-load the free games they give away each week, for example?<\/p>\n<p>Preloading has been a feature on Steam, Uplay, Origin and more for longer than we care to remember, allowing players to download a game ahead of launch and be ready to play just as soon as it unlocks. As a feature, pre-loading is particularly useful for those with slower internet connections, sometimes giving them as long as a week to get the game downloaded and ready for launch day.<\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adsbygoogle mobileAd\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0052787453283862\" data-ad-slot=\"2741061911\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p>While we haven\u2019t been notified of the Borderlands 3 system requirements just yet, Borderlands 2 with its HD texture pack was already creeping up past 20GB and that\u2019s a seven-year-old game. We\u2019re expecting Borderlands 3 to be a 50GB download at minimum. Suffice to say, it\u2019s going to be some wait for those with slower net connections can play the game they\u2019ve pre-ordered. The best bet would seem to be to wait up till midnight, set the download, and toddle off to bed, safe in the knowledge Pandora awaits next morning.<\/p>\n<p>Considering Borderlands 3 is quite easily the Epic Store\u2019s biggest third-party game launch in its history, it\u2019s really quite disappointing they haven\u2019t found a way to add such a crucial feature in time for release.<\/p>\n<p>Borderlands 3 is out in exactly one month, arriving on September 13th for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borderlands 3 Can I Run It? 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