Group composition matchmaking system and method for multiplayer video games

A system of recommending the composition of a group of players in a multi-player game based on values of match variables weighted by corresponding coefficients used to generate a match score for the group of players, the system comprising:

• a plurality of game modules executing on client devices, each of the client devices being used by one of the group of players to play the multi-player game, wherein data communication between the plurality of game modules is characterized by a delay time;
• a host computer remote from, and in data communication with, the plurality of game modules, wherein the host computer has one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, cause the host computer to:
• identify a benchmark group of players comprising a first plurality of players that have played together during a prior gameplay session of a multi-player game;
• identify a coefficient associated with the benchmark group of players, wherein the coefficient is a function, at least in part, of the delay time;
• generate a first potential match of a first plurality of players to play as a group in a gameplay session of a multi-player game;
• obtain a value of a match variable associated with the first plurality of players, wherein the match variable corresponds to the identified coefficient;
• determine a first match score for the first potential match based on the value of the match variable and the identified coefficient;
• and
• determine whether to recommend the first potential match based on the first match score.

A computer-readable medium having computer program instructions stored thereon for recommending the composition of a group of players in a multi-player game based on values of match variables weighted by corresponding coefficients used to generate a match score for the group of players, wherein the computer program instructions are distributed between a host computer and a plurality of game modules executing on client devices, wherein each of the client devices is configured to be used by one of the group of players to play the multi-player game, wherein data communication between the plurality of game modules is characterized by a delay time, wherein the host computer is remote from, and in data communication with, the plurality of game modules, and wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by one or more physical processors of the host computer, cause the host computer to:

• identify a benchmark group of players comprising a first plurality of players that have played together during a prior gameplay session of a multi-player game;
• identify a coefficient associated with the benchmark group of players, wherein the coefficient is a function, at least in part, of the delay time;
• generate a first potential match of a first plurality of players to play as a group in a gameplay session of a multi-player game;
• obtain a value of a match variable associated with the first plurality of players, wherein the match variable corresponds to the identified coefficient;
• determine a first match score for the first potential match based on the value of the match variable and the identified coefficient;
• and
• determine whether to recommend the first potential match based on the first match score.