Methods, systems, and media for enhancing multiplayer game sessions with asymmetric information

A system for enhancing multiplayer games, the system comprising:

• a server device including a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor is configured to:
• detect presence of a public display device on a communications network;
• connect to a gaming device executing a gaming application;
• in response to connecting to the gaming device, transmit parameters for conducting multiplayer game sessions of the gaming application on the gaming device;
• cause joining instructions to connect to a multiplayer game session of the gaming application to be displayed on the public display device, wherein the joining instructions, upon being captured by a user device, include server information for handling communications relating to the multiplayer game session over the communications network from the user device to the server device that is connected to the gaming device executing the gaming application;
• receive, from a plurality of user devices over a plurality of other communications networks, a request to join the multiplayer game session in response to displaying the joining instructions on the public display device, wherein each of the plurality of user devices has a corresponding user display device;
• determine whether a predetermined number of user devices have captured the joining instructions and joined the multiplayer game session of the gaming application;
• in response to determining that the predetermined number of user devices have joined the multiplayer game session of the gaming application, connect each of the plurality of user devices over one of the plurality of other communications networks to the public display device presenting the multiplayer game session;
• cause game playing of the multiplayer game session to be initiated on the gaming device with the public display device and the plurality of user devices;
• receive game information from the gaming device associated with the multiplayer game session;
• determine, for the multiplayer game session, a first portion of game information to be presented on the public display device and a second portion of game information to be presented on the corresponding user display device of each of the plurality of user devices;
• and
• cause the first portion of game information to be displayed on the public display device and the second portion of game information to be displayed on the corresponding user display device of each of the plurality of user devices based on the determination.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of a server device, cause the hardware processor to perform a method for enhancing multiplayer games, the method comprising:

• detecting, using the server device, presence of a public display device on a communications network;
• connecting, using the server device, to a gaming device executing a gaming application;
• in response to connecting to the gaming device, transmitting, using the server device, parameters for conducting multiplayer game sessions of the gaming application on the gaming device;
• causing, using the server device, joining instructions to connect to a multiplayer game session of the gaming application to be displayed on the public display device, wherein the joining instructions, upon being captured by a user device, include server information for handling communications relating to the multiplayer game session over the communications network from the user device to the server device that is connected to the gaming device executing the gaming application;
• receiving, from a plurality of user devices over a plurality of other communications networks, a request to join the multiplayer game session in response to displaying the joining instructions on the public display device, wherein each of the plurality of user devices has a corresponding user display device;
• determining, using the server device, whether a predetermined number of user devices have captured the joining instructions and joined the multiplayer game session of the gaming application;
• in response to determining that the predetermined number of user devices have joined the multiplayer game session of the gaming application, connecting, using the server device, each of the plurality of user devices over one of the plurality of other communications networks to the public display device presenting the multiplayer game session;
• causing, using the server device, game playing of the multiplayer game session to be initiated on the gaming device with the public display device and the plurality of user devices;
• receiving game information from the gaming device associated with the multiplayer game session;
• determining, using the server device, for the multiplayer game session, a first portion of game information to be presented on the public display device and a second portion of game information to be presented on the corresponding user display device of each of the plurality of user devices;
• and
• causing, using the server device, the first portion of game information to be displayed on the public display device and the second portion of game information to be displayed on the corresponding user display device of each of the plurality of user devices based on the determination.