Case study

COGBox: static recompilation ports of Xbox 360 Gears of War games

COGBox packages native Windows ports of Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3, and Gears of War: Judgment built by translating Xbox 360 code to C++ ahead of time. A launcher imports the user's game copies and required title updates; the project supplies a Direct3D 12 renderer and experimental Vulkan option.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: ? Source unavailable or unreadable at review time
Source status: Unavailable · HTTP 404 on 2026-11-09

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Evidence

Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A Windows PC and the user's own copies of the supported games.
Prerequisites: Required title updates: Update 6 for Gears of War 2 and 3, and Update 4 for Judgment.
Limits: The author reports playable builds with some remaining hiccups; Vulkan is experimental.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{cogbox-gears-native-case,
  title = {{COGBox: static recompilation ports of Xbox 360 Gears of War games}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Shagg88/COGBox}},
  url = {https://github.com/Shagg88/COGBox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/cogbox-gears-native-case/}}
}

Plain text

COGBox: static recompilation ports of Xbox 360 Gears of War games. https://github.com/Shagg88/COGBox (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/cogbox-gears-native-case/

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README.md GitHub · Shagg88/COGBox · Revision a7ca750
Gears2-Native/README.md GitHub · Shagg88/COGBox · Revision a7ca750