Enlarge / Remember this blast from the past? Microsoft and Bethesda would apparently prefer that you do not. (credit: Aurich Lawson)
Bethesda’s Fallout 3 launched in 2008 and, in most ways, moved the series into the future of 3D post-apocalyptic adventuring for the better . But one of the game’s “forward” steps was anything but, at least on PC—it adopted the then-new Games For Windows Live (GFWL) service.
This week, that situation changes with the game’s first official patch on PC in 12 years . The patch is designed to do only one thing: remove all GFWL dependencies.
The 5. 4MB patch for the game’s Steam version went live on Tuesday and was accompanied by a brief patch note that merely states, “If Fallout 3 was previously installed on Steam, we suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the title. ” Anecdotal reports suggest that any Fallout 3 fans who still have the PC version installed via Steam will need to do just that, as the patching process may stop the game from booting.
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