{"id":772957,"date":"2025-11-30T00:49:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/discord-is-letting-third-party-developers-create-games-to-play-on-its-platform?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-30T00:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:49:53","slug":"discord-is-letting-third-party-developers-create-games-to-play-on-its-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/discord-is-letting-third-party-developers-create-games-to-play-on-its-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Discord is letting third-party developers create games to play on its platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/discord-is-letting-third-party-developers-create-games-to-play-on-its-platform.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nDiscord has announced that, starting on 18th March, it&#8217;ll be providing third-party developers with the tools to create games and apps that can be embedded and played on its platform.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe move marks an extension of Discord&#8217;s Activities initiative that <a href=\"https:\/\/support.discord.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4422142836759-Activities-on-Discord\">launched last December<\/a>, offering a limited number of embedded games and interactive experiences users could engage with together on the platform.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nInitially, 19 Activities were available to users, but Discord is now looking to significantly expand that by giving third-party developers the tools &#8211; in the form of its newly announced Embedded App SDK &#8211; to create their own.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/discord-is-letting-third-party-developers-create-games-to-play-on-its-platform?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/discord-is-letting-third-party-developers-create-games-to-play-on-its-platform?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discord has announced that, starting on 18th March, it&#8217;ll be providing third-party developers with the tools to create games and apps that can be embedded and played on its platform. 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