# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Flippage/gears-of-war-3-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Flippage/gears-of-war-3-recomp/blob/81076705bb35e1ae18641af5425bf30f8c310259/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gow3-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/gow3-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/gow3-recomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Flippage/gears-of-war-3-recomp/blob/81076705bb35e1ae18641af5425bf30f8c310259/README.md>

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