Systems and methods for efficient content management and distribution for video game development

A computer-implemented method of performing data cleanup in a game development environment comprising at least one game studio having a plurality of client computing devices and at least one cache node in data communication with each other over a first network that is local to the at least one game studio, wherein the at least one cache node is in data communication with remotely located first and second servers over a second network external to the game studio, wherein the first and second servers, the at least one cache node and each of the plurality of client computing devices are configured to store one or more image files, a plurality of data chunks associated with each of the one or more image files and one or more labels referencing each of the one or more image files, and wherein the first server is configured to execute a first module, the second server is configured to execute a second module, the at least one cache node is configured to execute a third module and each of the plurality of client computing devices is configured to execute a fourth module, the method comprising:

• instructing the first, second, third and fourth modules to cause a respective processor in the first server, the second server, the at least cache node and each of the plurality of client computing devices to:
• determine at least one first label that has expired;
• delete the at least one first label;
• determine at least one first image file that is not referenced by any of the remaining one or more labels;
• delete the at least one first image file;
• determine one or more first data chunks that are not associated with any of the remaining one or more image files;
• and
• delete the one or more first data chunks.