Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Isn’t 300 GB After All

Activision has clarified that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 received’t truly require a 300 GB obtain regardless of earlier messaging.

Players started to panic in regards to the dimension of this yr’s Call of Duty after noticing its Xbox retailer web page yesterday. At the time, the web page listed that the sport would require a 309.85 GB obtain for these hoping to hop into the post-Cold War first-person shooter when it launches this fall. That’ll put a fairly large dent within the exhausting drive of most PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S consoles, so gamers have been, understandably, very involved.

The firm has since cleared up the confusion in a post on X/Twitter. Activision’s hit FPS franchise has been identified to demand giant quantities of storage lately, however followers can relaxation simpler identified that Black Ops 6 will not take up fairly as a lot area.

Activision wrote, “Correction: The estimated file dimension at present displayed on the Black Ops 6 pre-order pages doesn’t signify the obtain dimension or disk footprint for Black Ops 6. The sizes as proven embrace the total installations of Modern Warfare II, Modern Warfare III, Warzone and all related content material packs, together with all localized languages mixed which isn’t consultant of a typical participant set up expertise.”

The message provides that gamers can have the liberty to obtain solely Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 with none of its language packs in the event that they need. Unfortunately, the publish doesn’t reveal simply how huge the sport will probably be however guarantees to share extra info “nearer to launch.”

IGN has reached out to Activision for remark.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was revealed as Treyarch’s newest addition to the Black Ops collection earlier this yr, however our first good take a look at the sport arrived yesterday on the Xbox Games Showcase and Black Ops 6 Direct. This ‘90s-set installment introduces a bunch of recent weapons and options, together with omnidirectional motion and new Zombies maps for the return of its round-based mode. As the sport introduces a brand new period of Call of Duty, it additionally means content material from Modern Warfare 2 and three is not going to carry over.

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