Hellblade 2is a visual feast no matter where you look. Whether it be theenvironmental detailsoffering gorgeous vistas, the more supernatural elements being surprisingly grotesque, or the smooth transitions between cutscenes and gameplay, your eyes never want to look away. Though for all its beauty, the mandatory black bars on the game aren’t the best. Here’s whether you can remove the black bars inHellblade 2.

Is it possible to get rid of the black bars in Hellblade 2?

If you’re playingHellblade 2on Xbox,removing the black bars is impossible. No settings let you remove them, and you can’t tweak anything about your install either. This is the case for the PC version as well, but it isn’t technically impossible to remove the black bars there. You’ll just need to seek outside help through a mod, rather than the game itself.

TheNo Black Bars (Letterboxing fix) No Zoom modby Giodga removes the black bars without affecting image quality and lets you get a better look at the world. If you’re willing to take the plunge, then you’ll want to take the following steps to install the mod:

Hellblade 2 Black Bars

With that done, launch the game again and the black bars should be gone. If they aren’t or there’s a major issue, you may want tocheck the mod page againfor troubleshooting assistance.

Hellblade 2 Config Files

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