Warzone and Modern Warfare file sizes will be cut significantly – following a 50GB+ update

The Call of Duty Warzone and Modern Warfare file sizes will be significantly reduced following a new 50GB+ update for the games.

Following the update, which launches on March 30 at 11pm PST/March 31 at 7am UK, the Warzone file size will be cut by as much a 14.2GB, and the Modern Warfare/Warzone file size will be slashed by as much as 33.6GB, depending on the given platform.

“This will come after a larger than usual, one-time update for Season Two Reloaded, which will include these optimizations and is necessary in order to reduce the overall footprint; future patch sizes for Modern Warfare and Warzone are expected to be smaller”, Activision said.

More Call of Duty:

MW3 best loadout  | Best Warzone loadout | MW3 best sniper |  MW3 best shotgun | MW3 MCW loadout

The update in question weighs in at 52GB on PlayStation consoles, 57.8GB on Xbox consoles, and 52.4GB on PC (Warzone only) / 133.6GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare).

After the update, Warzone and Modern Warfare file sizes will be reduced by the following amounts:

• PS5: 10.9GB (Warzone Only) / 30.6GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare)
• PS4: 10.9GB (Warzone Only) / 30.6GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare)
• Xbox Series X/S: 14.2GB (Warzone Only) / 33.6GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare)
• Xbox One: 14.2GB (Warzone Only) / 33.6GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare)
• PC: 11.8GB (Warzone Only) / 30.6GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare)

Black Ops Cold War’s mid-season update arrives tonight. Check out the launch times, file sizes and patch notes here.

Best Warzone loadout

Warzone best loadout: The meta guns for Call of Duty Season 2.5

Claim victory in Verdansk with these best Warzone loadouts

Following the launch of Season 2 in February, Activision said the latest versions of Black Ops Cold War, Modern Warfare and Warzone may be too large to fit on a 500GB PS4.

It said players can free up storage space by deleting data packs as follows:

• Black Ops Cold War: At the main menu, press R3 to go to “File Management.” You will then be able to delete any content you may not have played in a while. The exact content to choose can be found in the Storage Management article linked below.
• Modern Warfare/Warzone: At the main menu, press Options, select the “General” tab, then scroll down to “Game Installs.” From here, you can delete any content you have not played in a while.

The publisher also provided a link to a webpage offering more detailed information on Black Ops Cold War storage management.