Overview
- The public technical beta labeled "prod_slim" is live on Steam for PC players who opt in.
- The slim build cuts roughly 131GB—about an 85% reduction—from the prior ~154GB footprint.
- Arrowhead reports only seconds of extra loading even for HDD users, estimating about 11% still run the game on mechanical drives.
- Progression, purchases, war contributions, and matchmaking remain compatible between slim and legacy versions with no gameplay differences.
- With assistance from Sony’s Nixxes, the studio aims to make the slim build the default after testing and to discontinue the legacy PC version next year if stability holds.