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Dark Souls is basically the ultimate example of an incredible game that suffered from a very lackluster port on PC. For a while now Bandai Namco has alluded to the fact that they are taking steps to fix the PC port of the game and improve the overall experience. Thanks to user Grief.exe on NeoGAF, they found that the game now has it’s on Steam achievement page. The global achievement page isn’t live yet, but it is obviously on the way whenever they release the actual update for the game.
Most people believe this means the game is about to receive a patch that will remove the Game For Windows Live requirement and adding Steamworks support. While that hasn’t been confirmed at all, it’s fairly likely given they’re adding Steam Achievements.
UPDATE: It looks like Dark Souls is indeed moving to Steam entirely soon. Bandai Namco announced on their tumblr page the following:
We are very excited to announce that next month it will be possible for players to migrate their Dark Souls: Prepare to Die games, saves and achievements from the Games for Windows Live platform to Steam.
- Games for Windows Live users will be able to redeem their Games for Windows Live Tokens on Steam to get Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition at no additional cost. (To find your Games for Windows Live Token, please head to the support webpage.)
- In the month of November, there will be a period by which Games for Windows Live Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition users will be able to transfer their Save Data (characters + progress) and Achievements over to their Steam accounts.
- Players will still be able to use their Games for Windows Live Tokens to redeem the Steam version of Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition at no additional cost even after the migration period ends; but game Save Data and Achievements transfer functions may not be available.
- Games for Windows Live Rankings will not be transferred to Steam.
The specific migration start and end dates will be available soon; however the migration period will begin sometime in November 2014 with more specific dates to come.
We will be sharing more information soon regarding the migration process soon, so stay tuned!
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