Activision Publishing, Inc.

Robert Frederick Ford

Paul Reiche, Iii

Paul Derek Yan

Daniel Neil

Adrian M Ledda

Michael D Ebert

Avery Lodato

Eunice Lee

Nathan Lutz

Joshua Alexander Bridge

Michal Tadeusz Madej

A virtual game world may have game locations based on electronic devices with communications capabilities. In some embodiments electronic devices with communications capabilities are identified to a server, which forms a game location for the identified devices, or at least some of them. The game locations may have non-player controlled game characters as inhabitants of the game locations. One or more characteristics of the inhabitants of a game location may be based on an aspect relating to the electronic device with communication capability with which the game location is associated.

Internet of things based video game play

A mobile video game uses real world anchor points in providing for video game play which includes virtual elements. The real world anchor points may be specified in terms of a geographic coordinate system, and game play may be based on mobile device presence at or about the anchor points.

Location-based video gaming with anchor points

Computer-implemented methods and systems for simulating a multiplayer game environment to allow players of different skill levels to concurrently play the same level of a gaming session, to encourage and incentivize cooperative team behavior, to match players based on subjective variables, such as likeability and a general fun factor, and to tailor gaming content based on the social group itself.

Methods and systems for improved content generation in multiplayer gaming environments

Methods and systems for improved content customization in multiplayer gaming environments

Methods and systems for incentivizing team cooperation in multiplayer gaming environments

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Robert Frederick Ford