A mod was created by community members which removed the dependency, but it was only available to those who searched for it. Bethesda on the other hand did not patch Fallout 3 GOTY, and gamers who owned the game had a miserable time trying to get it to play on Steam.
When Microsoft discontinued its service, most publishers patched the service out of their games to ensure that gamers could continue playing the games. Still, popular games such as Fallout 3, Dawn of War 2, Street Fighter IV, GTA IV, or Resident Evil 5 used Games for Windows Live. Problem was: the service was not very popular because of its buggy nature. Games for Windows Live was a Microsoft service that publishers and developers could integrate into their games to add support for a variety of features, including social features such as friends and messaging, achievements, but also digital rights management (DRM) and in-game content purchases.īack then, Microsoft's service offered some features that other gaming platforms, including Steam, did not offer. More than seven years later, Bethesda, now a Microsoft-owned company, removed the Games for Windows Live dependency from its Fallout 3 GOTY game. Microsoft shut down Games for Windows Live on July 1, 2014.
