[STEAM] Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Isn't 300 GB After All

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Activision has clarified that Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 won’t actually require a 300 GB download despite previous messaging.

Players began to panic about the size of this year’s Call of Duty after noticing its Xbox store page yesterday. At the time, the

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for those hoping to hop into the post-Cold War first-person shooter when it launches this fall. That'll put a pretty big dent in the hard drive of most PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S consoles, so players were, understandably, very concerned.

The company has since cleared up the confusion in

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. Activision’****** FPS franchise has been known to demand large amounts of storage in recent years, but fans can rest easier known that ****** Ops 6 won't take up quite as much space.

Activision wrote, “Correction: The estimated file size currently displayed on the ****** Ops 6 pre-order pages does not represent the download size or disk footprint for ****** Ops 6. The sizes as shown include the full installations of Modern Warfare II, Modern Warfare III, Warzone and all relevant content packs, including all localized languages combined which is not representative of a typical player install experience.”

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Correction: The estimated file size currently displayed on the ****** Ops 6 pre-order pages does not represent the download size or disk footprint for ****** Ops 6.

The sizes as shown include the full installations of Modern Warfare II, Modern Warfare III, Warzone…

— Call of Duty Updates (@CODUpdates)

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The message adds that players will have the freedom to download only Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 without any of its language packs if they *******. Unfortunately, the post does not reveal just how big the game will be but promises to share more information “closer to launch.”

IGN has reached out to Activision for comment.

Call of Duty: ****** Ops 6 was

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as Treyarch’s latest addition to the ****** Ops series earlier this year, but our first good look at the game arrived yesterday at the Xbox Games Showcase and ****** Ops 6 Direct. This ‘90s-set installment introduces a host of new weapons and features, including

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and new Zombies maps for the return of its round-based mode. As the game introduces a new era of Call of Duty, it also means

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Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He started writing in the industry in 2017 and is best known for his work at outlets such as The Pitch, The Escapist, OnlySP, and Gameranx.

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