# Gow2HD-Windows: a Windows static recompilation of God of War II HD

> Gow2HD-Windows translates the PPU and SPU code of the PS3 release of God of War II HD into C/C++ for a Windows x64 build. A PS3 library reimplementation supplies Direct3D 12 rendering, WASAPI audio and XInput or keyboard input, while the launcher builds from the user's game files.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/sethlikepie/Gow2HD-Windows>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/sethlikepie/Gow2HD-Windows/blob/2da08f3ccda5b7437d32db316171b75adba8a22c/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gow2hd-windows-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gow2hd-windows-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/gow2hd-windows-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10/11 x64, an AVX2 CPU and a Direct3D 12 GPU are required.
- **Prerequisites:** A user-supplied NPUA80491 v01.00 game folder or full PSN package, plus its licence file or a decrypted EBOOT.ELF, is required.
- **Limits:** Only the US PSN v01.00 release is supported; several checkpoint and display modes have limited testing.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/sethlikepie/Gow2HD-Windows/blob/2da08f3ccda5b7437d32db316171b75adba8a22c/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/sethlikepie/Gow2HD-Windows/blob/2da08f3ccda5b7437d32db316171b75adba8a22c/LICENSE>

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