(Microsoft quickly changed course on that requirement and made it a free PC service.)Ī chicken-and-egg game followed, where players and publishers alike remained hesitant to adopt this add-on system when PC storefronts like Steam already offered conveniences like matchmaking and friends lists. Out of the gate, it required a $50/year subscription fee, mirroring that of Xbox 360’s Live Gold tier, which PC gamers instantly rebuffed. It was intended to unify the Windows and Xbox 360 player bases but infamously crashed and burned thanks to a number of stumbles. If you’re familiar with GFWL, you’ll recall that the service has been defunct since 2014. 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. The patch is designed to do only one thing: remove all GFWL dependencies.
This week, that situation changes with the game’s first official patch on PC in 12 years. 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. Enlarge / Remember this blast from the past? Microsoft and Bethesda would apparently prefer that you do not.īethesda’s Fallout 3 launched in 2008 and, in most ways, moved the series into the future of 3D post-apocalyptic adventuring for the better.
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