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New Discord Feature Allows Joining Friends’ Games From Chat Client

Supports 20 games already.

Call of Duty: WWII

Discord is adding a new feature to its chat client that allows players to join games with friends, send party invites, and launch a game’s spectator mode.

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The idea behind the feature, called Rich Presence, is to easily integrate Discord with multiplayer games without launching too many windows. Rich Presence allows game information to be shown in a user’s profile, and friends can either request an invite or launch the game’s spectator directly from Discord.

Call of Duty: WWII, Battlerite, Payday 2, Divinity: Original Sin II, and 16 other games are currently taking advantage of the new feature. Discord is introducing a software development kit (SDK) to allow more developers to integrate the service into their games. The company has even posted the code directly to its website and a guide on how to get approved for integration. More information behind the technical specs can be found here.

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