A spectating gaming device for spectating a communicative game currently being played between a first gaming device and a second gaming device which are each configured to, responsive to a first information transmitted by the first gaming device or to a second information transmitted by the second gaming device in response to receiving the first information, execute an authentication process to perform mutual authentication with the other, and to, after executing the authentication process, execute the communicative game based on communication with the other, wherein the first information comprises at least a first information part, and a second information part, and wherein the spectating gaming device comprises:
- a network interface;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive, using the network interface, data from at least one of the first gaming device and the second gaming device;
- and
- execute, using the received data, a spectating experience process for the communicative game currently being executed by the first gaming device and the second gaming device in communication with each other,
- wherein the at least one processor of the spectating gaming device is further configured to, in response to receiving the first information from the first gaming device and based on the second information part in the received first information, without performing the authentication process to perform mutual authentication with either of the first gaming device or the second gaming device, receive said data associated with the communicative game, currently being executed by the first and/or second gaming device, from at least one of the first gaming device or the second gaming device.