New Account Linking Tools, Buildathon Finale & Year in Review

New Account Linking Tools, Buildathon Finale & Year in Review

Clyde

January 14, 2026

Boost Player Engagement with New Account Linking Entry Points

We’ve released a new guide for Social SDK 1.6+ to help you enable account linking prompts directly within the Discord client. These new entry points can encourage players to connect their game accounts, and may lead to higher linking rates and deeper social engagement. Explore our updated developer tools to start streamlining your onboarding flow today.

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Under the Hood

Moderation Metadata and Stability Improvements

Social SDK 1.8 lays the groundwork for Moderation Metadata, an upcoming new feature that will allow your game backend and client to communicate moderation-specific info via custom key-value pairs. This release also improves WebSocket error reporting and provides more accurate connection metrics for PlayStation 5. Additionally, recent patches have resolved specific crashes on Steam Deck and iOS to ensure a smoother cross-platform experience.

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Knowledge Base

Unite 2025 Talks are Live: Build Social Systems Faster

Our Unite 2025 sessions are now on YouTube! Learn how to integrate friends lists and lobbies with the Social SDK, or discover how to build thriving communities using servers, bots, and leaderboards. Supplement these insights with our Unity Learn course to start implementing these powerful social features in your own project today.

Watch the Unite talks

Legendary Integrations

Powering Predecessor’s Social Layer with Discord

Omeda Studios integrated Discord-powered features as their game’s primary social layer to launch in-game voice chat and unified friends lists in just a few months, bypassing a year of planned backend work. This integration delivered smooth cross-platform communication and boosted player referrals by making friend invites effortless. By leveraging Discord's technology, Omeda was able to refocus development resources on core gameplay.

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Gatherings

Buildathon Wraps Up & 2025 Year in Review Recording

Our 2025 Buildathon has officially wrapped up—stay tuned as we prepare to announce our favorites in each category on Jan. 23. If you missed our live Year in Review event, the full recording is now available to catch you up on all 2025 updates and our 2026 vision.