Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the Microsoft Xbox, and with that special date comes an anniversary stream from the Xbox team, celebrating everything from the past two decades. Curiously, some Xbox games from the past two decades have gotten some mysterious patches prior to the live stream event. Titles like Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fable Anniversary, Fable 3, Dead Space 1 and 3, Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age 2, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion have all gotten new updates, which don't appear to add anything immediately noticeable. These weird unknown updates might be a part of tomorrow's reveals, though, so be sure to tune in to the Xbox stream tomorrow at 10am PT/5pm GMT.

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[Xzi]

Oh man, I'd shower Microsoft with praise if they bring graphical and performance updates to New Vegas and Dragon Age Origins. OTOH, it'd be pretty lame if only XB1/XBSX benefit from such updates.

 

[theeternal92]

Who needs an Xbox when you can get a Playstation lol.

Feels good to have enough money to buy whichever console. Imagine just sticking to one in this day and age as if it matters.

 

[mat128]

fable 3? wonder if they made Servers again hell i'd like to play fable 3 (and 2) again on XBL

The games are p2p, never could you not play them online. I played through Fable 2 in co-op on xCloud on an iPad just fine.

 

[pedro702]

Aren't they already! Most of the ones mentioned (i think) are BC.

they are but they arent enhanced no more fps or 4k resolutions, only very few bc games are enhanced.

 

[raxadian]

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Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the Microsoft Xbox, and with that special date comes an anniversary stream from the Xbox team, celebrating everything from the past two decades. Curiously, some Xbox games from the past two decades have gotten some mysterious patches prior to the live stream event. Titles like Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fable Anniversary, Fable 3, Dead Space 1 and 3, Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age 2, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion have all gotten new updates, which don't appear to add anything immediately noticeable. These weird unknown updates might be a part of tomorrow's reveals, though, so be sure to tune in to the Xbox stream tomorrow at 10am PT/5pm GMT.

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Probably making them compatible with the New Xboxes?

 

[adamsef]

Kids have stole my Xbox gamer tag for there Xbox series and my gold and ultimate subscription..
I bought an Xbox 360 slim for £10 and I’ve never been happier..
All my old purchases and I didn’t realise how much I love the 360 and OG Xbox I hope they have some treats tomorrow

 

[HK-51]

Kids have stole my Xbox gamer tag for there Xbox series and my gold and ultimate subscription..
I bought an Xbox 360 slim for £10 and I’ve never been happier..
All my old purchases and I didn’t realise how much I love the 360 and OG Xbox I hope they have some treats tomorrow

"sorry bud that's gonna be a ban for you. Not allowed to have fun or swear in any capacity. Doesn't matter if its a rated M game.
tsk tsk read the EULA."
*Said dipshit redditor then Proceeds to spam "CHEAP CARRIES & RECOVS ON DISCORD" and blatantly break the EULA by asking for user login info*

Yuck. I hate redditors. Fuck Xbone. The 360 is where it was at. Average MW2 lobbies would get the ban happy Troons to rope. Fucking Cowards hiding behind ban hammers.

 

[Plazorn]

I never knew the 360 was still supported, great going Microsoft!

 

[Chary]

Probably making them compatible with the New Xboxes?

all of these games have been backwards compat with the series x/s since launch though

 

[HK-51]

I never knew the 360 was still supported, great going Microsoft!

They were apparently starting to go offline starting in december with the legacy halo titles going first. Fuck 343i. Just hand the franchise over to Creative assembly. They created the banished and blew their shitty Jihadi elites out of the water and actually gave a fuck about the franchise instead of just banning everyone.

 

[Chary]

They have actually slowly changed some in game dialogue and story text from time to time while removing some older features.

In which games? Older features tend to get removed due to servers going down but I can't think of anything other than, maybe, I want to say Baldur's Gate? That changed dialogue way after the fact.

 

[HK-51]

In which games? Older features tend to get removed due to servers going down but I can't think of anything other than, maybe, I want to say Baldur's Gate? That changed dialogue way after the fact.

Games like New vegas that removed content like wounded soldiers on the way to Nelis airforce base.

Also noticed that Mass effect 3 also had some minor dialog changes and the multiplayer was tweaked a bit.
Nothing you wouldn't really remember unless you played it religiously for years.

ME3 Multiplayer is also still quite alive and fun. Just don't play anything besides gold matches or you wont find anyone.

 

[chrisrlink]

The games are p2p, never could you not play them online. I played through Fable 2 in co-op on xCloud on an iPad just fine.

oh care to tell me how on series S?

 

[Marc_LFD]

oh care to tell me how on series S?

GamePass, I reckon.

 

[cvskid]

Very curious.
Kind of hoped, prior to reading, that it may be a decommissioning of the Gold subscription requirement for online play on older hardware... but as all the titles mentioned are essentially single player I think we can rule that out.
I can still live in hope that one day they won't make me pay to play MvC2 online.

I might fire up my 360 and boot up Fallout 3 just to see how big of a patch we're talking about.

Fightcade 2 will help for that with MvC2. You can play both dreamcast and arcade versions online for free.

 

[raxadian]

all of these games have been backwards compat with the series x/s since launch though

Then is quality of life updates like better screen resolutions; being playable on the Xbox PC app and so on.

 

[Guacaholey]

Was wondering why Bethesda stuff was getting updates (Fable has long had random holiday and whatnot updates) but then remembered MS own them these days.

Anyway curious to see what goes here.

I'd say mod support, but we're not that lucky.

 

[KirgoPlayer007]

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Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the Microsoft Xbox, and with that special date comes an anniversary stream from the Xbox team, celebrating everything from the past two decades. Curiously, some Xbox games from the past two decades have gotten some mysterious patches prior to the live stream event. Titles like Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fable Anniversary, Fable 3, Dead Space 1 and 3, Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age 2, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion have all gotten new updates, which don't appear to add anything immediately noticeable. These weird unknown updates might be a part of tomorrow's reveals, though, so be sure to tune in to the Xbox stream tomorrow at 10am PT/5pm GMT.

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Still waiting for Hitman:Absolution servers to come up again...

 

[Mago6246]

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Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the Microsoft Xbox, and with that special date comes an anniversary stream from the Xbox team, celebrating everything from the past two decades. Curiously, some Xbox games from the past two decades have gotten some mysterious patches prior to the live stream event. Titles like Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fable Anniversary, Fable 3, Dead Space 1 and 3, Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age 2, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion have all gotten new updates, which don't appear to add anything immediately noticeable. These weird unknown updates might be a part of tomorrow's reveals, though, so be sure to tune in to the Xbox stream tomorrow at 10am PT/5pm GMT.

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Gears of War Games 1, 2, 3 & Judgment also got updated

 

[godreborn]

ah, the 360. I was a part of that scene before any of the playstation ones. I still have the same console from 13 years ago. I no longer play it, but I do use it as a test system to learn more to help others.