Network enabled game controller

A system for implementing a gaming session comprising:

• one or more gaming controllers, wherein the one or more gaming controllers include at least one wireless network communication component;
• and
• a game management component implemented in a computing system associated with at least one processor and memory, the gaming management component operative to:
• obtain a request to initiate a gaming session, the request to initiate the gaming session independently identifying at least one user, a game, an output device, and a gaming controller;
• process the request to initiate the gaming session;
• determine a first protocol associated with the output device based at least in part on the information independently identifying the output device;
• determine a second protocol associated with the gaming controller based at least in part on the information independently identifying the gaming controller;
• and
• cause the instantiation of a gaming session instance corresponding to the request, the gaming session instance executed by a network-based computing device having at least one input port to receive game control information from the identified gaming controller using the second protocol and at least one output port for transmitting gaming data to the identified output device using the first protocol.