Recreation set up sizes are more and more massive nowadays, particularly with how a lot content material will get rammed into the likes of every new Fortnite replace, Name of Responsibility map pack, and Murderer’s Creed sport. Attempting to resolve what to uninstall to create space on your subsequent sport can really feel like an arduous job – I’m already questioning what’s going to should go to clear room for the eventual GTA 6 launch. Sadly, it appears we’ll nonetheless be ready some time longer for a proposed ‘skinny client’ that might dramatically scale back your Fortnite set up measurement.
Beforehand teased by developer Epic Video games, the Fortnite skinny client is deliberate to dramatically reduce down the sport’s file measurement by letting you select which elements you need to set up. When you’re solely there to play the battle royale sport mode and aren’t serious about different options similar to Lego Fortnite, Save the World, or Rocket Racing, for instance, you’ll be capable of simply hold the items you truly use often.
Preliminary reports instructed that this new client would arrive with the subsequent season of the free PC sport, as Epic goals to sort out gamers operating into Fortnite cupboard space points when downloading patches and updates. Nonetheless, common Fortnite reporter ‘Shiina’ says the skinny client has now been delayed, and is as an alternative scheduled to launch a while from July to September in 2025.
Shiina does be aware that Epic nonetheless intends to cut back the general sport measurement considerably when Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 5 arrives, which is anticipated to see the return of the extremely in style Fortnite OG mode delivering a throwback map returning to the early days of its success. Fairly what we’ll see on this second OG season stays to be seen, however you may anticipate to identify some iconic places from Fortnite’s previous.
For now, you’ll want to carry on to your full set up, then, at the same time as a goodbye to Fortnite Rocket Racing themed updates makes it really feel like Epic is already starting to wind up official assist for the mode. Hopefully that new window ought to imply the skinny client nonetheless arrives in time to cut back your Fortnite set up measurement forward of the GTA 6 launch date, nevertheless.
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