Discord is not a substitute for forums, but alas.

Gearbox Software announces that they will be shuttering their forums. The process has already started to happen with old sections being converted to read-only a few days ago.

Gearbox notes that users will have about 30 days to save any old posts they want to keep for whatever reason. Later this summer, it is expected that Gearbox Software will launch a new website and when that time comes, the forums will cease to exist....

The widely requested feature is now available to Insiders.

Discord announces that Xbox Insiders will now be able to use Discord voice chat on their consoles. This early test of the feature will roll out to non-Insiders at a later date if no major bugs are found. This was a feature that was very highly requested by users.

Prior to this voice chat integration, Discord allowed Xbox users to connect their accounts. All this really seemed to do was display information on user...

Gamers worldwide have been using Discord to call friends and play together for years. The app has grown in popularity, with more than 130 million users on board. Nowadays, it's not just gamers joining the chat - even musicians are finding it useful! Do you love playing video games with your friends but find that the chat in-game is not enough? Do you want a more immersive experience? If so, then try adding some amazing bot features to your gaming platform. Here are some great bots for gamers!...

This is apparently a big deal because they sent out a press release.

We typically never get any new emails about what Discord is doing. That all changed today when they sent me a press release talking about their new Threads system for conversations. So I'm going to assume here that these Threads are a pretty big deal if they're actually sending out press releases concerning their updates now.

What are Threads? Threads are a way to split off a topic of conversation into...

Discord is coming to PlayStation early next year.

Sony just announced that they are teaming up with Discord to bring the popular social app to the PlayStation ecosystem early next year. Jim Ryan, the president and CEO of PlayStation shared the news via the Sony Interactive Entertainment website just a short while ago today.

Ryan says that there are already people at Sony working to connect "Discord with your social and gaming experience on PlayStation Network."...

Another Indie and Dark Star Game Studios released some new content today for the PC version of Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption. This game not only has new content available today on PC, but it also marks the day in which the game is out on Steam. It was previously available only through the Discord Store. Those of you who have or want the game on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch shouldn't worry though. The new content will be making it to you by the end of the month.
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Subnautica: Below Zero has been released into Early Access today on the Epic Games Store (non-affiliate link here), through Discord, and on Steam. The game is set one year after the events in the original Subnautica. This time, the (mostly) underwater exploration takes place near an alien research station on Planet 4546B.

This game is very much the definition of "Early Access" in that the release lacks content and is very buggy. Those who went through the long stretch...

In the new war on crappy revenue splits, Discord announced today that they are going to allow all developers to self-publish their games. Not only that, but they're going to give developers a 90% revenue share for games sold through the Discord Store. That leaves just the remaining 10% for Discord to cover operating costs. But wait, it gets even better. Discord says that they may even end up lowering that 10% to a smaller amount by finding ways to optimize their technology and making t...

Come December 18, Last Year: The Nightmare will hit the Discord Store. When it does, it will bring a fresh 5 vs 1 asymmetrical gameplay experience to fans of action, horror, and even survival games. Last Year: The Nightmare is being developed by Elastic Games, a new development studio with over 50 years of experience producing games. Their first game, Last Year: The Nightmare, will be released on Tuesday, December 18 via the Discord Store. It is one of the "First on Discord" titles and ...

Another Indie, a uh... Indie development studio, released their challenging boss rush style game Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption today. It was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. These are in addition to the recently launched PC version that is timed exclusive to the Discord store.
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Video chat and screen sharing have been features that seems like were in beta for the longest time on Discord. As of yesterday, this sharing functionality is now available to everyone.
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Video chat and screen sharing have been features that seems like were in beta for the longest time on Discord. As of yesterday, this sharing functionality...

Following the events in Charlottesville, VA (in which a piece of shit Nazi murdered Heather Heyer and injured several other anti-racism demonstrators when he plowed his car into the group), a number of companies are finally starting to take action against white supremacy groups, Nazis, and Nazi sympathizers. Discord said today that they have shut down an alt-right server and a number of associated accounts.
A few followup tweets by Discord said that they do "no...