Call of Duty: WWII — Here’s the ritual of hitting Prestige in multiplayer

I’ve been pretty religious about playing Call of Duty multiplayer every year. But with Call of Duty: WWII, I managed to hit the highest level of 55 in the game yesterday. That is the earliest I’ve hit Prestige, as the top level is known, that I can remember.

That means I went through 55 levels in the 54 days. For a lot of Call of Duty gamers, that’s no big deal, as many were hitting Prestige just hours after the launch on November 3. I recognize there are far more talented players out there; in fact, 2,525,998 players are ranked above me. But for me, it’s a big deal, and I think it says something about the quality of this year’s game and its accessibility for older gamers like me.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.