Case study

Gears of War 3: a native Windows recompilation

This is an in-progress native Windows recompilation of retail Xbox 360 Gears of War 3. ReXGlue translates the player's default.xex from PowerPC to C++, which is compiled for x64. The GPU side uses ReXGlue's Xenos renderer on Direct3D 12.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 75
Last commit: 2026-10-30
Language: C++
License (GitHub): BSD-3-Clause

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

The player supplies their own copy. The base disc build uses title ID 4D5308AB, disc version 0.0.0.11, and media ID 58122AD6. A separate build covers Title Update 6.
The README says the campaign boots, reaches missions, and has been played through the first chapters, with checkpoint saves and keyboard, mouse, and controller input.
The README links a LICENSE file.

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BibTeX

@misc{gow3-recomp-case,
  title = {{Gears of War 3: a native Windows recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Flippage/gears-of-war-3-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/Flippage/gears-of-war-3-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/gow3-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Gears of War 3: a native Windows recompilation. https://github.com/Flippage/gears-of-war-3-recomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/gow3-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · Flippage/gears-of-war-3-recomp · Revision 8107670