Client side processing of character interactions in a remote gaming environment

A method for enabling a video game comprising character interactions within a remote gaming environment, the method comprising;

• receiving, at a game client, a control input to direct the game actions of a first character within the video game;
• processing, at the game client, part of the control input data locally to generate a client-rendered video game feature depicting the first character interacting with a game object that is not directly controlled by the first character;
• receiving, at the game client, a server-rendered video game image from a game server on which the video game is running;
• compositing the client-rendered video game feature with the server-rendered video game image to form a rendered composite video;
• outputting the rendered composite video to a display device.

One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computing device perform a method for enabling a video game comprising character interactions within a remote gaming environment, the method comprising;

• receiving, at a game server, a control input to direct the game actions of a first character within the video game;
• manipulating a video game running on the game server using the control input;
• generating, at the game server, a server-rendered video game image of the video game that does not comprise rendered images of the first character interacting with a game object;
• and
• communicating the server-rendered video game image to the game client.