Warframe's shrinking its install size by "at least" 15GB Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Warframe's shrinking its install size by "at least" 15GB Always Wukong the bright side of life. News by Emma Kent Contributor Updated on 10 Sep 2020 21 comments If your hard drive is groaning under the weight of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, then at least Digital Extremes is helping lighten the load - as Warframe is getting some updates to reduce its file size. Through three "mini-remaster" updates spread over the rest of 2020, Digital Extremes intends to free up at least 15GB of space. The first update rolls out next week on PC and frees up 6.6GB, but Digital Extremes said that most platforms will "see similar improvements". The updates will change how Warframe's texture data is compressed, using technology called Oodle Texture to roughly halve the size of textures on disk with "negligible" visual differences. The first update will target Warframe's lightmaps, while the second will apply the technology to the rest of the textures in the game. Before and after the lightmap change. No, these are not the same picture. "My memory is hazy about those early days back in 2012 when we launched our Closed Beta but I distinctly remember the entire download being small enough to fit on a CD-ROM," said Digital Extremes developer Glen Miner. "In the eight years since launch we've seen the install image grow over 100 times in size and when you consider all the amazing content that was added over the years it's easy to see why... "There's so much content in Warframe now that some people can't fit it on their smaller SSDs and have to run it off of a slow HDD instead. There's so many things in the game that even for people with large NVME SSDs the game can't always load everything as fast as we'd like." While downloading all the mini-remasters might be a hassle in the short term, it's probably worth it to free up that precious space, particularly if you're running Warframe on a SSD. The mini updates are also being used to make quality and performance optimisations to formats Digital Extremes hasn't touched since launch, so it was probably about time for a spring clean anyway. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 10 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store