Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer has 880 total levels

Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling has revealed there are ten opportunities to Prestige in Modern Warfare 3 to go along with the multiplayer mode's 80 levels.

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Next week, the battle for your free time gets a new contender. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launches on November 8, and according to Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling, there are over 800 reasons for you to keep playing the game.

Speaking with IGN, Bowling noted there will be a ten opportunities to Prestige in Modern Warfare 3, each with an 80 level loop--equalling 880 total levels. By comparison, Call of Duty: Black Ops featured 800 levels; fifteen Prestige opportunities with 50 levels per loop. We suspect all 880 levels will be earned within the first week by at least one 'hardcore' gamer.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    November 2, 2011 8:30 PM

    Xav de Matos posted a new article, Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer has 880 total levels.

    Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling has revealed there are ten opportunities to Prestige in Modern Warfare 3 to go along with the multiplayer mode's 80 levels.

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      November 2, 2011 8:31 PM

      o_O

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      November 2, 2011 8:36 PM

      880 levels? That's impossible, since it would take more than 1 year to attain that.

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        November 2, 2011 9:07 PM

        I suggest you try it AGAIN Shirif, this time let go of your conscience self and act.. on.. instinct.

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          November 2, 2011 9:12 PM

          But with the blast shield down, I can't even see! How am I supposed to fight?

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        November 3, 2011 6:27 AM

        There *will* be kiddies at or near that within a month, if not 2 weeks.

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      November 2, 2011 8:54 PM

      Obviously 9000 would have been a more appropriate number than 880

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      November 2, 2011 9:03 PM

      CoD? Puh-LEEEZE. It's cute, but just lay down and get some rest there and no hard feelings. BF3 is in town now.

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      November 2, 2011 9:16 PM

      10 * 80 = 880? Huh... I always though it was equal to 800.

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        November 2, 2011 9:18 PM

        There's 11 states, since you can have as few as 0 prestige medals, and as many as 10.

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        November 3, 2011 12:33 AM

        10 levels of prestige... thats 800... but you need to go through the first 80 levels before the prestige starts. that is where your other 80 comes from. 80 + (10*80) = 880

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          November 3, 2011 2:15 PM

          You have to go 80 levels before you can prestige once, then once you prestige the tenth time, you will need to go 80 levels to max out your rank. So the math is really 11*80=880. You just don't get to prestige the last time you reach level 80.

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      November 2, 2011 9:24 PM

      Will be playing the king of mp - BF3

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        November 2, 2011 10:15 PM

        Same here. After playing so many years of deathmatch, I needed a change. I mean one can only have so much DOOM, Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3, Duke3D, Unreal Tournament, UT2003, UT2004, UT3, HLDM, TFC, et al. before it ceases to be interesting.

        I'd much rather play something that takes some thought, strategy, and some uniqueness to win (other than HEADSHOT! KILL STREAK).

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          November 3, 2011 12:14 AM

          I'll probably just buy it when there's a Steam sale or something.

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      November 2, 2011 9:25 PM

      I read "Infinity Ward's Robot Bowling" and was intrigued they were branching out.

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      November 2, 2011 9:54 PM

      Im not really a cod fan... but wtf is the deal with prestiging from what I understand its like "congratulations you have played so much u dont need ur shit anymore"

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        November 2, 2011 10:00 PM

        it's really more like needing a reason to continue playing the game. the only benefit in MW2 and I think also in BLOPS is another slot for a custom class

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        November 2, 2011 10:04 PM

        You get a couple minor perks from it. The best of which is additional load out slots for player configuration. Not a massive deal though by the time I completed my first run through of the levels, I did feel I needed at least one more slot for quickly switching between my desired setups. I may remember incorrectly but I think you also unlocked more options for customizing your personal player tag, which being a creative type I enjoyed.

        Besides that, it was just fun to force yourself to play with the guns that you had forgotten about because you had unlocked "better" ones...purely to challenge yourself again.

        Least of all was the spiffy new icon beside your name on the kill board, to show off how much time you put in. I stopped when I got the icon that was a bull purely because it matched my astrology sign...kinda pointless, but mostly I did it for the other reasons.

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      November 3, 2011 12:48 AM

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        November 3, 2011 1:11 AM

        So theres 80 levels per prestige, hit the level 80 cap then reset all guns and unlocks and start again fresh to get to 80, rinse and repeat 10 times!.

        Basically it unlocks new camos more custom slots and nameplates.

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          November 3, 2011 3:18 AM

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            November 3, 2011 5:30 AM

            only took me a few months to get to 50 in blops, it's not that hard if you're half decent and play the right game types

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              November 3, 2011 8:03 AM

              We shared a account when we all played together (at someones house), hit the 15th prestige, all gold guns!.

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          November 3, 2011 5:30 AM

          and this is fun?

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        November 3, 2011 3:16 AM

        you get icons

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      November 3, 2011 4:14 AM

      I've been out of the loop on gaming news lately. How will gun unlocks work in MW3? Will it be by level, or are they incorporating something like Black Ops' monetary system? Also, are we getting Gun Game?

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      November 3, 2011 5:28 AM

      because crap like this makes it a good game.... .... ....

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      November 3, 2011 5:30 AM

      sweet fancy moses

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      November 3, 2011 6:26 AM

      Douchebag game by douchebag hipster developers for console douchebags.

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      November 3, 2011 6:36 AM

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      November 3, 2011 6:42 AM

      meh...never did buy MW2. Probably wont get this one either.
      I have BF3 to play.

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      November 3, 2011 6:43 AM

      But can you go PRONE??!?!?

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      November 3, 2011 7:53 AM

      by hardcore you mean "lives in moms basement at the age of 28 with no job right ?"

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      November 3, 2011 7:56 AM

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