# 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.

- 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/iMrBurn/wwe12-pc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/iMrBurn/wwe12-pc/blob/0c6ea4f38aac0b41261a2bbb3da05f9a07a07d4b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wwe-12-pc-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wwe-12-pc-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wwe-12-pc-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/iMrBurn/wwe12-pc/blob/0c6ea4f38aac0b41261a2bbb3da05f9a07a07d4b/README.md>

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