Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 sees Prestige return — but with a new twist
Classic Prestige is back with some modern improvements for the battle pass audience
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Good news for the nostalgia-inclined fans of Call of Duty: in arecent interview with Treyarch Studios, our Cole Martin asked about hot community topics including the prestige system, which is returning to a more classic format.Prestige is a system within Call of Duty that lets players experience progress on their character after reaching the maximum rank. Players can choose to reset their character to 1 and start the grind again, with a prestige badge to show their prowess. While this was traditionally a way to reward players for playing the game long after launch, it’s lost its value somewhat in a new landscape of Battle Passes and Seasonal content to meet that need.
“You can’t just bring back the old system. It’s like, how can you morph it?”
In bringing back prestige from the older Call of Duty titles, Treyarch has switched how it works to better align with the current ‘games as a service’ model. Players are no longer locked to their seasonally allotted level progression with Black Ops 6, and they will now be able to prestige again while working towards level 1000.Players will progress from levels 1-55, at which point Classic Prestige will allow them to dump their progress, relock everything, and start all over again with a shiny new badge of honor. As a player, you will choose whether to Prestige or not, and if you do choose to do so you will be given a Prestige token to unlock 1 item permanently for your loadout. There are 10 Prestige levels in total, ending with a Prestige Master level at player level 1000. The unique unlocks and rewards for hitting this will be available in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on day one; you don’t need to wait until the following season.
Read the full exclusive interview for more
In theexclusive interview with Treyarch, Cole uncovered more details on what’s to come in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, from new ‘omnimovement’ systems to new accessibility features and the reasons behind theomission of theatre mode in last-generation consoles.Don’t forget, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches on October 25, 2024 but willavailable day one on Xbox Game Passfor Ultimate subscribers.
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