Case study

WWE '12 PC: an Xbox 360 static recompilation for Windows

WWE '12 PC ports the Xbox 360 version of WWE '12 to Windows through ReXGlue static recompilation and a native Vulkan renderer. Its build uses the player's game files and includes code-generation patches, native hooks, and a script for finding function pointers omitted by the recompiler.

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: 69
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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

Prerequisites: Windows 10 or 11 x64 and a Vulkan 1.2 driver for the Windows build.
Prerequisites: The user's WWE '12 Xbox 360 disc image or extracted game files.
Prerequisites: Visual Studio 2022, LLVM 20+, Git, CMake 3.25+, Ninja, and Python 3 to build from source.
Limits: The author lists graphics issues on some Intel and AMD hardware.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{wwe-12-pc-case,
  title = {{WWE '12 PC: an Xbox 360 static recompilation for Windows}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/iMrBurn/wwe12-pc}},
  url = {https://github.com/iMrBurn/wwe12-pc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/wwe-12-pc-case/}}
}

Plain text

WWE '12 PC: an Xbox 360 static recompilation for Windows. https://github.com/iMrBurn/wwe12-pc (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/wwe-12-pc-case/

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README.md GitHub · iMrBurn/wwe12-pc · Revision 0c6ea4f