“Dark Souls: Prepare to die Edition has Steamworks functionality”

Players of Dark Souls: Prepare to die Edition can have their save files and achievements transfer from Games for Windows Live to Steamworks. The update is, however, of a temporary nature and the end date is fixed on 16 February.

If gamers their save files, and performance at that time have not yet ported to Steamworks, there’s a chance that all the progress is lost. It is by the update is no longer required to be on two platforms to log in to Dark Souls: Prepare to die Edition to be able to play, writes IGN. The migration would not be entirely smooth. Some players claim that the game after the update no longer works.

The developers describe how players the Games for Windows Live functionality may change in Steamworks functionality. The explanation is aimed at gamers that the title have already purchased or that for 16 February. Dark Souls: Prepare to die Edition is after that date, standard equipped with Steamworks functionality. A few months ago there were rumors that Microsoft completely stopped supporting the Games for Windows Live service. That turned out to be not the case, but under more Bioshock 2 and Dirt 3, were made by the developers already ported to Steamworks.

The original Dark Souls: Prepare to die Edition came on the market in 2012 and the game was also for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 was published. The sequel of the game appeared earlier this year for the pc and in 2015 will follow a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One edition.