Case study

Gears of War 3: a XenonRecomp PC port from the Xbox 360 disc

Gears of War 3 — PC port builds a native Windows version from a user-owned Xbox 360 disc image. Its pipeline unpacks the XEX and translates PowerPC code to C++ with XenonRecomp, then runs it on a replacement kernel and Xenia graphics components. Research notes map functions, data layouts and game file formats.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 22
Last commit: 2026-11-06
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires a user-owned Gears of War 3 disc image of the supported version.
Prerequisites: Requires 64-bit Windows 10/11, a Direct3D 12 GPU, a Haswell or Zen class processor, approximately 25 GB of free space and the documented build tools.
License: GPL-3.0 licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{gears-of-war-3-pc-port-case,
  title = {{Gears of War 3: a XenonRecomp PC port from the Xbox 360 disc}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/KiltedKernel/gears-of-war-3-pc-port}},
  url = {https://github.com/KiltedKernel/gears-of-war-3-pc-port},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gears-of-war-3-pc-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

Gears of War 3: a XenonRecomp PC port from the Xbox 360 disc. https://github.com/KiltedKernel/gears-of-war-3-pc-port (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gears-of-war-3-pc-port-case/

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docs/REVERSE_ENGINEERING.md GitHub · KiltedKernel/gears-of-war-3-pc-port · Revision 520ca95
README.md GitHub · KiltedKernel/gears-of-war-3-pc-port · Revision 520ca95
docs/STATUS.md GitHub · KiltedKernel/gears-of-war-3-pc-port · Revision 520ca95