Activision is finally fixing Call of Duty download sizes

Call of Duty file sizes have grown to frankly ridiculous proportions in the last five years or so, but Activision is making some fixes under the FPS games’ hood to fix the problem at last. Some of the changes will start to roll out with Call of Duty Warzone Season 5 Reloaded, Activision said in a new blog post, including new texture streaming technology and file reorganization. Texture streaming lets the team move assets that players don’t see and use as frequently to a streaming cache, which means you don’t have to download and store it permanently. Activision said more assets will eventually be moved over to a streaming cache in future updates, so it sounds like the file sizes should remain manageable even when more stuff gets crammed in. Activision added a caveat that, depending on your bandwidth and settings, some of the streamed assets might look older or of slightly lower quality. When Call of Duty Black Ops 6 launches, you’ll have the option to decide which CoD games you want to download. Instead of A