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  "id": 16772585,
  "title": "Demanding 300GB to install despite its actual size of 145GB, Phantom Blade Zero makes me question what a gigabyte is worth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/demanding-300gb-to-install-despite-its-actual-size-of-145gb-phantom",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-27T17:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/demanding-300gb-to-install-despite-its-actual-size-of-145gb-phantom-blade-zero-makes-me-question-what-a-gigabyte-is-worth"
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  "summary": "We're not in a very cheap era for PC parts. A ( possibly manufactured! ) GPU shortage making cards that can actually run modern games near-inaccessible to the vast majority of people, combined with RAM and SSDs just generally being horrifically expensive due to demand for their use in data centers , is making contemporary games with high performance requirements very difficult for some people to…",
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  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "TechSpot",
        "title": "Phantom Blade Zero's PC requirements reveal a 145GB install, 300GB for preloading, and upscaling",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/phantom-blade-zeros-pc-requirements-reveal-a-145gb-install-300gb-for",
        "published": "2026-10-26T12:46:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Polygon",
        "title": "Phantom Blade Zero release time in your time zone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/phantom-blade-zero-release-time-in-your-time-zone",
        "published": "2026-10-27T02:01:21.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Phantom Blade Zero review: S-Game makes its debut in style with one of the year's best action games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/phantom-blade-zero-review-s-game-makes-its-debut-in-style-with-one-of",
        "published": "2026-10-27T17:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "After Onimusha's focused swordplay, Phantom Blade Zero delivers a sprawling, maximalist action epic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/after-onimushas-focused-swordplay-phantom-blade-zero-delivers-a",
        "published": "2026-10-27T17:55:06.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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