SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Widening the features the instant messaging services premium subscription offering provides, Discord has announced that sending messages is now a Nitro exclusive feature. “We launched Discord over 10 years ago, since then we’ve seen our users grow what we built into something truly special for gamers everywhere. One of the key features from day one that has made this all possible is the ability to send messages. That’s why today, we’re excited to announce the latest feature exclusive to Nitro subscribers: messaging,” said the company in a blog post. “We’ve been toiling away at this for a long time, and now is the right moment. Wumpus also threatened us with a gun and held our families hostage, telling us that we must do this or see our lives go up in ashes.” At press time, local police had been dispatched to Discord Headquarters where a hostage situation was unfolding, after multiple hours of negotiation, Wumpus agreed to free the hostages if he was given the contact information for every “Discord kitten,” according to authorities.