Microsoft completed its acquisition of Bethesda this year, which could be the possible cause for suddenly patching the game after more than a decade.įallout 3 is now also available on Xbox Game Pass, but unfortunately, users are in for another disappointing surprise. The title no longer requires Games for Windows Live and will now launch.” patch notes for Steam disclose. If Fallout 3 was previously installed on Steam, we suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the title. “Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition has been updated and no longer installs Games for Windows Live dependencies. The last patch prior to this one was released way back in 2009, and both the standard and game-of-the-year versions of Fallout 3 were mostly left to the modding community to fix.
Fallout community even created a mod that made it possible to run it without the extra baggage that GFWL creates. Unfortunately, Bethesda didn’t react on time for Fallout 3, making it extremely difficult to launch the game through Steam. After removing it from Windows, most developers removed dependencies on it from their games. Games for Windows Live was discontinued in 2014 since the majority of PC players never adopted the service. Microsoft even considered a subscription for the service, similar to the Xbox Live Gold on its proprietary console. Upon its launch in 2008, Fallout 3 incorporated GFWL, which was designed to seamlessly unify the social features and achievements between PC and Xbox users. After 12 long years, Bethesda Softworks’ iconic game finally received an update that removed its Games for Windows Live (GFWL) dependencies.
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