Steam News announces that Valve is rolling out the ability to pay for subscription-based games through Steam via a system they have chosen to call "Subscription Plans" for some reason. Darkfall Unholy Wars is the first game to use this feature and they say additional subscription-based games will follow. Word is: "Steam customers may now sign-up for, manage, cancel or renew game Subscription Plans at any time, online directly through Steam." Here's hoping they're including an orderly rollback function to ease that awkward point when so many of these games go free-to-play. More details on Subscription Plans are posted on Steam Support. On a related note, Steam News also announces the official launch of the aforementioned Darkfall Unholy Wars, a sandbox MMORPG with a $14.95 monthly fee that can be paid through the new service. Word is:

Darkfall Unholy Wars is an innovative, Real-Time, fast-paced, PvP, Sandbox MMORPG. Players are called to form clans and battle for dominance across the seamless, zoneless, uninstanced open fantasy world of Agon. Recruit and train new warriors, conquer fortresses and clan cities, engage in epic land and naval battles with thousands of concurrent players to build and defend powerful empires.