Matchmaking in multiplayer gaming

摘要

Embodiments that relate to systems and methods for grouping players into a multiplayer game session are provided. In one embodiment, a first match request for a multiplayer game session is received and includes one or more requested player attributes. A plurality of other match requests are received, with one being a second match request including one or more requested player attributes. The first and second match requests are matched based on the requested player attributes. A notification of the match is sent to a client device of the first requesting player, with the notification configured to be received while the client device runs a user session different from the multiplayer game session. The notification includes a selectable element configured to instantiate the multiplayer game session on the client device in place of a user session when the selectable element is selected.

主权项

1. A method for grouping a plurality of players into a multiplayer game session of a multiplayer game served by a game server device, comprising:
receiving at a matchmaking computing device a first match request for a multiplayer game session to be served by the game server device that is independent of the matchmaking computing device, the first match request being received from a first requesting player user session of a match request generation program executed on a first client device, the first match request including one or more of a plurality of requested player attributes; delivering the first match request from the first client device associated with the first requesting player to a multiplayer game hopper that is instantiated on the matchmaking computing device; receiving at the matchmaking computing device a plurality of other match requests for a multiplayer game session on the game server from client devices of other requesting players, one of the plurality of other match requests being a second match request from a second client device associated with a second requesting player, the second match request including one or more of the plurality of requested player attributes; matching the first match request with the second match request at the matchmaking computing device based on matching the requested player attributes in the first and second match requests, to thereby form a multiplayer game match; and sending a notification of the multiplayer game match from the matchmaking computing device to the first client device associated with the first requesting player, the notification configured to be received by the first client device while the first client device runs the user session of the matchmaking request generation program, concurrently with a multiplayer game program, which is configured to execute the multiplayer game session hosted by the game server, and which is different and operates independently from the matchmaking request generation program, and the notification including a selectable element configured to instantiate on the client device the multiplayer game session in place of the user session of the matchmaking system when the selectable element is selected.