Call of Duty is understood for having huge file sizes that may eat up a ton of storage, particularly on older consoles like PlayStation 4, however Activision is altering this earlier than the launch of Black Ops 6. Gamers may even have a greater management over what Call of Duty content material they obtain.
A big replace is arriving alongside the launch of Trendy Warfare 3 and Warzone’s Season 5 Reloaded on August 21. Along with the brand new seasonal content material, the replace features a few further modifications meant to shrink the file dimension, together with reorganizing the sport information, separating Warzone from the default obtain for annual titles, and implementing new texture streaming tech.
With this new replace in impact, gamers will solely be downloading the annual Call of Duty titles they buy, and Warzone shall be a separate obtain that they’ll select to “opt-in” and obtain at the moment. Alternatively, they’ll individually obtain it at any time.
Activision says, “Flexibility and selection matter. We wish to give gamers the selection to obtain every Call of Duty, together with Call of Duty: Warzone, when and the way they want.”
The smaller file sizes additionally come from Call of Duty increasing its utilization of texture streaming. The writer explains by saying, “With these capabilities, we will cycle content material that’s much less often utilized by gamers to a streaming cache, avoiding the necessity to obtain it on to your machine’s storage. Going ahead, extra content material shall be included on this cache.”
Activision warns that gamers will see a big file dimension for the preliminary replace wanted to make these modifications, however this obtain won’t completely add the acknowledged file dimension that Call of Duty takes up on every machine. The replace will as a substitute reorganize sport information and add the brand new tech to arrange for Call of Duty’s new person interface arriving in October.
Gamers on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence S|X and PC will purchase your entire replace through a single obtain, just like different updates which might be wanted earlier than booting up Call of Duty.
PlayStation 5 gamers have a barely completely different course of. PlayStation 5 customers will purchase this replace through 4 separate downloads. The preliminary obtain shall be just like different updates which might be wanted earlier than booting up Call of Duty, however a second replace shall be triggered throughout the Call of Duty app after first accessing MW3 or Warzone. After the second replace is accomplished, there shall be one other obtain when particularly re-accessing MW3 and a ultimate obtain when re-accessing Warzone.
Activision explains this extra sophisticated course of by saying, “The PS5 requires break up downloads as a consequence of variations in file group. The preliminary obtain could also be bigger in dimension for gamers who even have MW2 content material put in.”
As a thanks to the group for finishing this obtain, the writer is gifting gamers with a pack of Battle Go Tier Skips and double XP tokens. From the beginning of Season 5 Reloaded till the tip of Season 5, gamers who full the obtain and login will obtain:
- 10 – 1-Hour Double Participant XP Tokens (10 Hours Complete)
- 10 – 1-Hour Double Weapon XP Tokens (10 Hours Complete)
- 10- Battle Go Token Tier Skips
These tier skips and tokens shall be delivered when the participant first logs into Call of Duty after finishing the Season 5 Reloaded replace.
Black Ops 6 was beforehand talked about to be a 300GB obtain, however Activision confirmed the sport’s file dimension is not really that giant, which shall be because of the upcoming replace. Nonetheless, the sport dimension can turn out to be fairly massive if a participant chooses to have Trendy Warfare 2, Trendy Warfare 3, Warzone, all related content material packs additionally put in.
Gamers can get hands-on with Black Ops 6 through the beta later this month, and this is learn how to get the early entry. Black Ops 6 releases on October 25 for Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. Dwell gameplay for Black Ops 6 multiplayer shall be revealed through the Call of Duty: Subsequent occasion on August 28.