Method and system for an integrated platform wide party system within a multiplayer gaming environment

A system comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

• accessing information indicative of a party relationship between a first player associated with a first video game console and a second player associated with a second video game console;
• accessing event information indicative of an association of the first player and one or more notification events pertaining to a session behavior of the second player;
• and
• in response to detecting that an event has occurred with respect to the second player:
• determining whether the event is an event of the one or more notification events and sending a message indicative of the event to the first player while the first player is in a first game session and without interrupting the first game session and wherein the second player is in a second game session that is different from the first game session;
• and
• wherein an event table is used to identify recipients who have subscribed to notification events, the event table accessed by a party event handler of the second video game console to determine the one or more notification events.

A computer readable storage medium containing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• determining a party relationship between a first player associated with a first video game console and a second player associated with a second video game console;
• determining event information indicative of an association of the first player and one or more notification events pertaining to a session behavior of the second player;
• and
• in response to detecting that an event has occurred with respect to the second player:
• determining whether the event is an event of the one or more notification events and sending a message indicative of the event to the first player while the first player is in a first game session and wherein the second player is in a second game session that is different from the first game session;
• and
• wherein an event table is used to identify recipients who have subscribed to notification events, the event table accessed by a party event handler of the second video game console to determine the one or more notification events.