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

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

Gamers started to panic concerning the dimension of this yr’s Name of Obligation after noticing its Xbox retailer web page yesterday. On the time, the web page listed that the sport would require a 309.85 GB obtain for these hoping to hop into the post-Chilly Warfare 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 Collection X | S consoles, so gamers have been, understandably, very involved.

The corporate has since cleared up the confusion in a publish on X/Twitter. Activision’s hit FPS franchise has been identified to demand massive 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 symbolize the obtain dimension or disk footprint for Black Ops 6. The sizes as proven embody the complete installations of Fashionable Warfare II, Fashionable 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.”

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Correction: The estimated file dimension at present displayed on the Black Ops 6 pre-order pages doesn’t symbolize the obtain dimension or disk footprint for Black Ops 6.

The sizes as proven embody the complete installations of Fashionable Warfare II, Fashionable Warfare III, Warzone…

— Name of Obligation Updates (@CODUpdates) June 10, 2024

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

IGN has reached out to Activision for remark.

Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 was revealed as Treyarch’s newest addition to the Black Ops sequence earlier this yr, however our first good have a look at the sport arrived yesterday on the Xbox Video games Showcase and Black Ops 6 Direct. This ‘90s-set installment introduces a number 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 Name of Obligation, it additionally means content material from Fashionable Warfare 2 and three won’t carry over.

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