Methods, devices, and systems for video gaming

A computer-implemented method for multiplayer gaming, comprising:

• receiving, by at least one game server, login data from a game console, wherein the at least one game server is associated with a game service for a gaming community, wherein the members of the gaming community utilize a game console for accessing the game service and playing a plurality of multiplayer games from a plurality of game publishers and wherein the at least one game server stores on a computer readable medium personally identifiable data for a first gamer and a second gamer who are members of the gaming community;
• receiving, by the at least one game server, instructions from the game console to associate the first gamer and the second gamer as members of a semi-permanent gaming clan using the personally identifiable data for the first gamer and the second gamer;
• establishing, by the game service, one of the first gamer and the second gamer as a semi-permanent clan leader, wherein the clan leader is authorized to initiate one or more actions within the gaming service on behalf of each of member of the gaming clan;
• and
• storing, by the game service, a clan identifier associated with the gaming clan, wherein the clan identifier is stored on the computer readable medium and the clan identifier is accessible by the plurality of multiplayer games.