


After Metroid Dread's lengthy development, though, it’s a welcome feature that the game is so small.Treyarch, the award-winning creator of the two most successful and most-played games in the Call of Duty history, returns with the darkest and grittiest Call of Duty game yet with Call of Duty: Black Ops III. There’s no word on what accounts for the game’s especially small size, but from the trailers and other pre-release material, the game doesn’t appear to sacrifice graphical fidelity to save space. Still, though, it’s got a lot of room to grow, especially when compared to other AAA titles. Now, it’s possible the game won’t stay that small forever, given that in all likelihood it will get patches and DLC in the future. Related: Metroid Dread Trailer Tells You Everything You Need To Know Pre-LaunchĪ new report from Kotaku states that - according to the game’s page on the official Nintendo store - Metroid Dread sizes in at just 4.1 GBs of space. What exactly has brought the X Parasites back is still in question until the game comes out, but Nintendo of America tweeted about the status of Metroid X Parasites in early August, so their return is confirmed. Metroid Dread picks up afterward, with the return of the X Parasites, which Samus theoretically destroyed at the end of Metroid Fusion. The Metroid series’ narrative chronology can be a bit hard to follow - something Nintendo fans are familiar with if they play the Legend of Zelda series - but the most recent plot developments occurred back in 2002 with Metroid Fusion for the Gameboy Advance. Metroid Dread will be the latest entry in the Metroid series upon release on October 8, and is the first brand-new title in the series since 2016’s Metroid Prime: Federation Force. With other games like Call of Duty: Vanguard demanding 270 GB of space, it’s worth noting when other high-profile games require much less real-estate. This will likely come as a relief to Nintendo Switch owners - with many great games to play and only so much memory space, it can be tough to decide what makes the cut and what gets left behind. In an age of ever-growing game sizes, Metroid Dread is bucking the trend, boasting a file size smaller than the average Call of Duty update.
