# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Source status: Unavailable · HTTP 404 on 2026-11-09
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Shagg88/COGBox>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Shagg88/COGBox/blob/a7ca750044ac4527e777a30b6ae9d074a70f17c8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cogbox-gears-native-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/cogbox-gears-native-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/cogbox-gears-native-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Shagg88/COGBox/blob/a7ca750044ac4527e777a30b6ae9d074a70f17c8/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Shagg88/COGBox/blob/a7ca750044ac4527e777a30b6ae9d074a70f17c8/Gears2-Native/README.md>

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