Call of Duty: Vanguard File Sizes and Pre-Loading Information Revealed

Written by Brandon Hofer on October 27, 2021

News: We now know how much space you will need on your hard drive for the next Call of Duty and when you can begin downloading it.

Call of Duty: Vanguard will be released next week. As fans know the previous iterations of Call of Duty have come with some massive file sizes. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, for example, takes up around 231 gigabytes on my Xbox Series X. For Call of Duty: Vanguard though, Activision has promised the file size will be much smaller, at least initially. Vanguard’s size at launch will be significantly below prior releases. The difference will be up to 30-50% smaller on consoles and PC.

These are the estimated file sizes for Call of Duty: Vanguard when it launches next week:

Xbox Series X|S: 61 GB download | 61 GB required space

PlayStation 5: 64.13 GB download | 89.84 GB required space

Xbox One: 56.6 GB download | 56.6 GB required space

PlayStation 4: 54.65 GB download | 93.12 GB required space

There wasn’t any info on how much space will be required on PC, however, my guess is it will take up around the same amount of space as the Xbox Series X|S and PS5 version of the game.

If you have pre-ordered Call of Duty: Vanguard digitally you will also soon be able to been pre-loading the game. If you have pre-ordered the game on PlayStation or Xbox you will be able to pre-load beginning October 28, at 9pm Pacific in North and South America. All other countries will be able to pre-load beginning on October 29 at midnight local time. If you have pre-ordered Call of Duty: Vanguard on PC, you will be able to pre-load beginning November 2nd but no specific time was given.

Check out the video that was released to accompany this announcement and tell us what you think. Will you be picking up Call of Duty: Vanguard when it launches next week?