Call of Duty: Vanguard Is Another Big Download on Next-Gen, Could Balloon Much Larger

Phone call of Duty: Vanguard was finally officially unveiled yesterday, and so now we move onto other pressing questions, such as… only how much room volition you accept to make on your overstuffed SSDs to play the game? Call of Duty game have gained a reputation for bloated downloads in recent years, particularly one time yous download Warzone and all the DLC and extras.

Well, the Microsoft Store has revealed some provisional file sizes for Phone call of Duty: Vanguard, and for the standalone version, it's about in line with what nosotros saw with last twelvemonth'south Black Ops Cold War – the last-gen version will counterbalance in at around 75 GB and the Xbox Series Ten version is 95 GB. Big downloads, but again, not unprecedented. Of course, things could really balloon once you add all the extras – the Call of Duty: Vanguard Cantankerous-Gen Package weighs in at 270 GB. How exactly that number is arrived at is unclear, but the bundle includes both final and current-gen versions of the game and five seasonal content packs. Whether that 270 GB figure too includes Warzone is unknown. Of form, all these file sizes could change in the hereafter, but needless to say, if yous're looking for the total Vanguard experience, you lot're probably going to need to practise some SSD cleanup.

Haven't been keeping up with Phone call of Duty: Vanguard? Y'all can cheque out the game's debut trailer here and a quick official clarification, below.

Vanguard delivers the consummate package to Phone call of Duty fans across Campaign, online Multiplayer and Zombies co-operative modes. Players will witness the origins of Special Forces equally they change the face of history, forming Task Force One in a sprawling Earth War II narrative campaign spanning the Eastern and Western fronts of Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa. Multiplayer features 20 maps on solar day one at launch. While Zombies fans will feel a signature undead gameplay experience, marker a franchise-first Zombies crossover for Phone call of Duty.

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Call of Duty: Vanguard marches onto PC, Xbox Ane, Xbox Series Ten/S, PS4, and PS5 on Nov 5.