Dark Souls Dropping GfWL on PC Next Month

Bandai Namco has announced on their official Tumblr blog that next month the PC version of Dark Souls will finally drop Games for Windows Live and make the switch to Steam to handle copy protection and its multiplayer systems. Here are the details:

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.

This might just convince me to finally grab a PC copy of the title and experience Blighttown at a playable framerate for the first time.