Patent ID: 8868655

Claim:
A system configured to facilitate affiliations between users across two or more online games accessible via virtual environments, the system comprising: one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a group module configured to establish affiliations within individual ones of the two or more online games, a given affiliation within a given online game comprising a discrete group of users with a relationship having a functional significance within the given online game, wherein the affiliations comprise a first affiliation within a first online game between a group of users including a first user and a second user; a recommendation module configured to automatically recommend potential affiliations to users in the two or more online games, wherein the recommendation module is configured such that responsive to the first user having an account in a second online game and a second affiliation within the second online game between a discrete group of users of the second online game, and responsive to the second user creating an account in the second online game, the first user and the second affiliation are automatically recommended to the second user for a potential affiliation in the second online game based on the first affiliation; and an overarching group module configured to determine one or more overarching affiliations, individual ones of the overarching affiliations encompassing two or more affiliations from different online games that include substantially the same group of users.