Call of Duty developer apologizes for Modern Warfare’s massive patches

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s title updates are getting a little out of hand.

The current one clocked in between 51 GB (PlayStation 4) and 68 GB (PC and Xbox One). That might not be bigger than the game itself (130 GB). With a 53 GB upgrade 2 weeks back, followed by an even bigger one now, plenty of players are whining inquiries as to why these patches have to be so freakin’ big, even if this one is kicking off the game’s season 2 of material.

The Other Day, Infinity Ward production developer Paul Haile apologized in a multipart Twitter explanation for the size of the upgrade. He stated the upkeep this one products ought to keep the game’s general disk footprint down. “We’re also taking this opportunity to set up the data for better overall management to try and keep future updates from being this large, even during a season rollout,” Haile stated.

“I’m very conscious of the overall size of MW and we’re doing what we can to minimize this for everyone,” he added.

That was still cold convenience to Call of Duty fans with less than state-of- the-art connections, bandwidth cap issues, or console hard disks with space enough for plenty of full- size titles, however inadequate for this kind of a spot.

Somebody posted this screenshot from an unnamed university’s IT department, which associated a multi-campus network downturn to the Call of Duty upgrade. It shot to the top of the Modern Warfare subreddit.

The Feb. 11 full patch notes list updates to the playlist, 2 brand-new weapons (the Grau 5.56 and Striker 45), plus a brand-new operator (Ghost), together with a raft of rebalances, changes, and other repairs. (The patch notes for the Jan. 28 update are relatively much skimpier.)

Ghost was seen in season 2’s in-game cinematic, which likewise teased components that recommend a fight royale is concerning Modern Warfare. Last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 had a fight royale, and reports of one for Modern Warfare have actually continued because December, Infinity Ward has actually yet stated absolutely nothing official on the topic.