{"id":139330,"date":"2025-09-18T09:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2139501"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:14:47","slug":"call-of-duty-warzone-season-2-update-fuelled-virgin-medias-biggest-download-day-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/call-of-duty-warzone-season-2-update-fuelled-virgin-medias-biggest-download-day-on-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty: Warzone Season 2 update fuelled Virgin Media&#8217;s biggest download day on record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/call-of-duty-warzone-season-2-update-fuelled-virgin-medias-biggest-download-day-on-record.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week&#8217;s Call of Duty: Warzone Season 2 update fuelled Virgin Media&#8217;s biggest download day on record.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Media said the battle royale&#8217;s update, which launched on 25th February, contributed to a 24-hour period in which the average user downloaded more than 20GB of data. That&#8217;s nearly 3.5GB more than the already record-breaking daily average of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Season 2 download weighed in at around 17GB. This was the update that came alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-02-25-activision-warns-a-standard-500gb-ps4-may-no-longer-fit-call-of-duty-warzone-black-ops-cold-war-and-modern-warfare\">a warning from Activision that those who own a standard PlayStation 4 with a default hard-drive of 500GB may need to make room if they have the full versions of Modern Warfare, Warzone and Black Ops Cold War with all modes and packs installed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-04-call-of-duty-warzone-season-2-update-fuelled-virgin-medias-biggest-download-day-on-record\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-04-call-of-duty-warzone-season-2-update-fuelled-virgin-medias-biggest-download-day-on-record\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s Call of Duty: Warzone Season 2 update fuelled Virgin Media&#8217;s biggest download day on record. Virgin Media said the battle royale&#8217;s update, which launched on 25th February, contributed to a 24-hour period in which the average user downloaded more than 20GB of data. That&#8217;s nearly 3.5GB more than the already record-breaking daily average of 2020. The Season 2 download weighed in at around 17GB. This was the update that came alongside a warning from Activision that those who own a standard PlayStation 4 with a default hard-drive of 500GB may need to make room if they have the full versions of Modern Warfare, Warzone and Black Ops Cold War with all modes and packs installed. 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