Modern Warfare & Warzone Season 5 update to be large file, but reduce game size

Infinity Ward’s production lead has shared some information about the Season 5 patch update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone.

The new update, which will deliver Season 5 content, will go live on August 4 at 11PM PT across all platforms.

In a series of tweets, Infinity Ward dev says that the overall update will be a ‘big update’ size for players, but on consoles, once the installation is done, the game’s size will actually be reduced overall.

hey all – season 5 is coming soon, and its big. with the update we're including all the new content for the season as well as optimizing our asset packs.

— Paul Haile (@Tyrael) August 2, 2020

In a follow up tweet, he confirms that the console game size will be reduced overall once the update is finished.

this means the download will be big, but the overall size of the game will actually shrink on your consoles after you download the patch, even though we're adding a bunch of new content for the season.

— Paul Haile (@Tyrael) August 2, 2020

He confirms that reducing the game size and being wary of console storage is important to the team, and they will continue to optimize and work to ensure the game is efficient as possible on all platforms.

its a priority for us to keep working on reducing the overall size of MW & WZ on your hard drives, but at the same time also delivering new seasons for everyone to enjoy. we'll continue to work on this and keep pushing space reductions out with future updates.

— Paul Haile (@Tyrael) August 2, 2020

Season 5 begins August 5. Stay tuned.