For the next few days, I'll have access to Xbox Live. However after this weekend, I won't have access to the internet for a solid 6 weeks at least.

I won't be getting F:NV until some time next week, when I won't have access to the internet.

My question is, is there a way for me to download the patch if it's released this weekend if I don't have the game?

no xbox360 download the game patches when you run the game.

You cannot download it now and run it later!

If you have any friends(not saying you don't, I just don't know if you're in the military o.O) why don't you just bring your Xbox 360 console and Fallout New Vegas over, and download the patch.

I hope it can be done manually. Not everyone has a Live connection. Hope developer has this in mind to serve all customers of the game. Now that we all know how crappy F:NV is.

Unfortunately, the only way to get a patch is via an Xbox connection to the internet. Maybe there is a way to save it to a flash drive but I haven't seen anything while google searching. That's the thing that svcks with games that release broken and need to be patched, it really hurts those without internet connections.