Payday 2 steals prestige by adding 'Infamy'

If you think you've master the art of the heist in Payday 2, maybe it's time for you to get infamous with a few new update for PC.

Ozzie Mejia

January 22, 2014 9:00 PM

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Do you feel like you've done everything there is to do in Payday 2? You must be quite the master thief. If you're so confident in your heisting abilities, maybe you're willing to put it all on the line and start from scratch, in favor of some truly rare loot. That's the idea behind Payday 2's new Infamy update, now available on PC.

Like Prestige in Call of Duty games, Infamy will apply to those that have hit the game's level cap. Upon reaching level 100, players will have the option to sacrifice all of their level progress, skill points, and $200,000,000 in order to gain an infamy level. Infamy-level players will also get an Infamy point to put towards the Infamy tree (filled with rare items, both cosmetic and gameplay-related) and a shiny new Infamy card to show off just how elite they are.

You can read up on the new update from the Payday 2 website. There are 14 Infamy levels in total, though only the first one will be available at launch. The remainder of the Infamy tiers will roll out in the coming weeks. The Infamy update is free for all PC players. No word on whether this feature will make its way to Xbox 360 or PS3.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?