Fallout 3 finally removes Games For Windows Live requirement on PC

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Fallout 3 has finally been freed from Microsoft's Games For Windows Live service.

Bethesda recently published a forum post to the Steam page of Fallout 3, notifying players that the game "no longer installs Games for Windows Live dependencies." Additionally, Bethesda advises those who already have Fallout 3 installed via Steam to uninstall and then redownload the RPG to take advantage of the new changes.

This is likely music to the ears of veteran Fallout 3 players on Steam. If you're unfamiliar with the service, Microsoft's Games For Windows Live was first introduced all the way back in 2007, as a way to provide PC players with Xbox-orientated achievements and social features that you would've found on the Xbox 360 at the time.

However, the service was never a huge hit with PC players. It meant dealing with a tiresome user interface over the years, and Microsoft would eventually take the service out behind the shed seven years after its debut in 2014, discontinuing it entirely. Since then, publishers and developers alike have uninstalled Games For Windows Live from their existing games on PC that originally bore the unpopular service.

For a look to the future of the Fallout franchise at large, check out our Fallout 5 wishlist guide for all the features we'd like to see from Bethesda's inevitable next game in the series.