{"id":2078468,"date":"2026-08-05T11:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2078468"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:28:58","slug":"marvel-rivals-next-update-drastically-reduces-the-games-install-size-on-pc-and-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2078468","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Rivals\u2019 next update drastically reduces the game\u2019s install size on PC and console"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-rivals\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Marvel Rivals<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Marvel Rivals\u2019 next update drastically reduces the game\u2019s install size on PC and console<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;Our tech wizards have been hard at work forging solutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/marvel-rivals-size.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Rogue as she appears in Marvel Rivals, with Steam information on game download behind her\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"marvel-rivals-size.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/dom-peppiatt\">Dom Peppiatt<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Deputy Editorial Director<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-05T11:28:58+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 5, 2026, 11:28 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-rivals-file-size-reduction-pc-xbox-playstation?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          4 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c3dd765e-0a90-45dd-9648-c13fff8187a4\" data-name=\"Marvel Rivals\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Marvel Rivals\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvel Rivals\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Marvel Rivals\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvel Rivals\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Marvel Rivals\" title=\"Follow Marvel Rivals\"><br \/>\n  Follow Marvel Rivals<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>In a world afflicted with ever-increasing storage and RAM costs, it&#8217;s nice to see a game make a serious effort to reduce its footprint on your SSD. Cue Marvel Rivals. On PS5 and Xbox, you will see an install-size reduction of roughly 15GB &#8211; down from 73GB &#8211; whilst the PC version reduces by a whopping 40GB. This means we&#8217;re getting a reduction of roughly 20 percent on consoles, whereas on PC the file size will shrink by over 57 percent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In season 9.5, we are implementing a massive texture compression overhaul,&#8221; said creative director Guangyun Chen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8tjImkloQx8\">in a video<\/a> detailing changes coming to the game in the latest update. &#8220;Without sacrificing a single pixel of visual fidelity, we are drastically shrinking the game&#8217;s footprint on your hard drives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Marvel Rivals: Step into Season 9.5 \/\/ Dev Vision Vol. 20\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8tjImkloQx8?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/8tjImkloQx8\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Marvel Rivals: Step into Season 9.5 \/\/ Dev Vision Vol. 20<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8tjImkloQx8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>There is one slight downside, however: you will need to re-download the whole package again in order to play when the update is pushed out. &#8220;Note: Because we are completely repackaging these assets, the initial Season 9.5 update will be larger than usual, but the final install size will be much lighter,&#8221; explained Chen. The update is expected to go live on 7th August.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Marvel Rivals has been going from strength-to-strength since it launched at the end of 2024: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-xbox-top-20-most-played-games\">it is still one of the top-played games on Xbox and PlayStation<\/a>, and has a steady stream of content in the works<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-rivals-sets-path-to-avengers-doomsday-content-roadmap\"> to tie-in with the biggest releases in the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a>. But it&#8217;s not all been smooth sailing: the latest big update to the game introduced UI changes that have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-rivals-season-9-player-feedback\">left players frustrated and disappointed<\/a>, knocking the overall score of the game on Steam down to &#8216;mixed&#8217;. The developer has been pretty good at listening to player feedback, though, so there is hope in the community that this issue will be addressed soon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>In a world afflicted with ever-increasing storage and RAM costs, it&#8217;s nice to see a game make a serious effort to reduce its footprint on your SSD. Cue Marvel Rivals. On PS5 and Xbox, you will see an install-size reduction of roughly 15GB &#8211; down from 73GB &#8211; whilst the PC version reduces by a whopping 40GB. This means we&#8217;re getting a reduction of roughly 20 percent on consoles, whereas on PC the file size will shrink by over 57 percent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In season 9.5, we are implementing a massive texture compression overhaul,&#8221; said creative director Guangyun Chen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8tjImkloQx8\">in a video<\/a> detailing changes coming to the game in the latest update. &#8220;Without sacrificing a single pixel of visual fidelity, we are drastically shrinking the game&#8217;s footprint on your hard drives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Marvel Rivals: Step into Season 9.5 \/\/ Dev Vision Vol. 20\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8tjImkloQx8?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/8tjImkloQx8\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Marvel Rivals: Step into Season 9.5 \/\/ Dev Vision Vol. 20<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8tjImkloQx8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>There is one slight downside, however: you will need to re-download the whole package again in order to play when the update is pushed out. &#8220;Note: Because we are completely repackaging these assets, the initial Season 9.5 update will be larger than usual, but the final install size will be much lighter,&#8221; explained Chen. The update is expected to go live on 7th August.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Marvel Rivals has been going from strength-to-strength since it launched at the end of 2024: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-xbox-top-20-most-played-games\">it is still one of the top-played games on Xbox and PlayStation<\/a>, and has a steady stream of content in the works<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-rivals-sets-path-to-avengers-doomsday-content-roadmap\"> to tie-in with the biggest releases in the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a>. But it&#8217;s not all been smooth sailing: the latest big update to the game introduced UI changes that have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-rivals-season-9-player-feedback\">left players frustrated and disappointed<\/a>, knocking the overall score of the game on Steam down to &#8216;mixed&#8217;. The developer has been pretty good at listening to player feedback, though, so there is hope in the community that this issue will be addressed soon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Marvel Rivals Marvel Rivals\u2019 next update drastically reduces the game\u2019s install size on PC and console &#8220;Our tech wizards have been hard at work forging solutions.&#8221; Image credit: Eurogamer News by Dom Peppiatt Deputy Editorial Director Published on Aug. 5, 2026, 11:28 a.m. 4 comments Follow Marvel Rivals In a world afflicted with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2078468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2078468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2078468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2078468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2078468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}