System and method for video game skill level adjustment

A method of video game handicapping, comprising:

• determining, by the processor, a first genre of a first video game played by a user;
• extracting, by the processor, single-player progress data of the user for the first video game from at least one storage device;
• extracting, by the processor, multi-player result data of the user for the first video game from the at least one storage device;
• extracting, by the processor, meta-goal data of the user for the first video game from the at least one storage device;
• creating, by the processor, a history profile of the user for the first genre, wherein the history profile comprises the single-player progress data for the first video game, the multi-player result data for the first video game, and the meta-goal data for the first video game;
• determining, by the processor, a second genre of a second video game played by the user;
• and
• adjusting, by the processor, a handicap level of the user for the second video game prior to the user playing the second video game for a first time, based on the history profile for the first genre, upon determining that the second genre matches the first genre.

A computer-implemented method of video game skill level adjustment, comprising:

• searching, by the processor, an electronic library of video games to identify at least one related video game linked to a current video game played by a user;
• searching, by the processor, a play history database of the user to determine whether the identified at least one related video game has been previously played by the user;
• extracting, by the processor, single-player progress data of the user for the at least one related video game from at least one storage device, upon determining that the identified at least one related video game has been previously played by the user;
• extracting, by the processor, multi-player result data of the user for the at least one related video game from the at least one storage device, upon determining that the identified at least one related video game has been previously played by the user;
• extracting, by the processor, meta-goal data of the user for the at least one related video game from the at least one storage device, upon determining that the identified at least one related video game has been previously played by the user;
• creating, by the processor, a history profile of the user, wherein the history profile comprises the single-player progress data, the multi-player result data, and the meta-goal data;
• and
• adjusting, by the processor, a starting value of an in-game skill of the current video game prior to the user playing the current video game for a first time, based on the history profile of the user.