I noticed that the chat option has been removed.
Does it mean that there is no World Chat room anymore?
Not that it was teeming with life. Just curious.

Yes. We will replace it with another one in the future. It has a low priority now though. We need to link the forums to the account manager first.

We have a different idea on how it should be implemented too. There some good ideas in communication tools actually, like creating a global friend list with which you will be able to chat live.