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Call of Duty’s next set up of updates will shrink the game’s file size


What you need to know

  • Call of Duty is a long-running first-person shooter franchise developed by multiple studios, including Treyarch, Infinity Ward, and Sledgehammer, and published by Activision (now a part of Xbox Game Studios.)
  • With the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022), subsequent annual premium CoD titles were bundled into one launcher with the free-to-play battle royale Call of Duty: Warzone. This resulted in a massive game file that took a long time for many to download.
  • A new series of updates is set to deploy ahead of the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in October. These updates will optimize the Call of Duty experience, decouple premium titles from Warzone, expand on texture streaming tech, and streamline the UI.
  • The first step in the update series launches alongside Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s Season 5 Reloaded update on August 21.

A new slate of updates to the Call of Duty HQ will lay the groundwork for a new streamlined UI, smaller file sizes, and more direct access to games ahead of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s release in October.

Call of Duty is a popular blockbuster franchise, but the king of first-person shooters is not immune to criticism. The title’s considerable install size has been an ongoing gag for several years. While optimization efforts have attempted to shrink the game’s file size, a decision in 2022 to lump Call of Duty: Warzone (then dubbed Warzone 2.0) and each new premium title together in a Call of Duty HQ launcher seemingly undid all the progress with each new seasonal update.





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