Case study

God of War: Ascension — static recompilation of the PS3 game

Statically recompiles God of War: Ascension's PS3 code into a native Windows executable with ps3recomp's PPU and SPU lifters. The repository supplies game-specific runtime hooks, analysis scripts and build guidance; users provide their own game dump and decrypted ELF. The author describes the result as an early, nonplayable research build.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 28
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A legally acquired game dump and decrypted EBOOT.elf are required.
Prerequisites: ps3recomp and the Windows build dependencies described by the project are required.
Limits: The author describes the build as research-stage and not playable.
License: MIT covers the repository's original work.

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BibTeX

@misc{god-of-war-ascension-recompiled-case,
  title = {{God of War: Ascension — static recompilation of the PS3 game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/MaChInEgUn3/God-of-War-Ascension-Recompiled}},
  url = {https://github.com/MaChInEgUn3/God-of-War-Ascension-Recompiled},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/god-of-war-ascension-recompiled-case/}}
}

Plain text

God of War: Ascension — static recompilation of the PS3 game. https://github.com/MaChInEgUn3/God-of-War-Ascension-Recompiled (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/god-of-war-ascension-recompiled-case/

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README.md GitHub · MaChInEgUn3/God-of-War-Ascension-Recompiled · Revision e87481a
ARCHITECTURE.md GitHub · MaChInEgUn3/God-of-War-Ascension-Recompiled · Revision e87481a