Sony To Integrate Discord With PlayStation Network As Part Of New Partnership

Sony has announced a brand-new partnership with Discord to "connect [the communication service] with your social and gaming experience on PlayStation Network." The integration will happen early next year.

Sony president Jim Ryan said in a blog post there are teams already "hard at work" bringing Discord to the PlayStation Network.

"Together, our teams are already hard at work connecting Discord with your social and gaming experience on PlayStation Network," Ryan said. "Our goal is to bring the Discord and PlayStation experiences closer together on console and mobile starting early next year, allowing friends, groups, and communities to hang out, have fun, and communicate more easily while playing together."

Sony also announced a minority investment in Discord as part of its Series H funding round. The figured attached to this investment was not publicly revealed.

This comes just off the heels of a deal made between Discord and Microsoft to integrate the chat app with Halo Infinite on PC. And the two recently made headlines as reports circulated that Microsoft considered buying Discord for $10 billion, but Discord has decided to continue independently for now.

In other PlayStation news, the company recently showed off a handful of games during an April 29 State of Play livestream. The bulk of the presentation was dedicated to the PlayStation 5-exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, where we were introduced to the brand-new playable Lombax Rivet.