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Gears of War 3

Originally onXbox 360

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The conclusion of the trilogy, following Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad as they seek a last hope amid the Lambent plague and civil war. Translates the Xbox 360 PowerPC code ahead of time to C++ with the ReXGlue SDK into an ordinary native executable; macOS draws through a bespoke Metal back end, Linux and Windows through Vulkan, and a launcher on all three builds and updates the game.

PowerPC code is translated ahead of time into C++ by ReXGlue and compiled into a native executable, with a bespoke Metal backend on macOS and Vulkan on Windows and Linux, plus a self-updating launcher.

COGBox statically recompiles Xbox 360 code for native Windows play and manages the games, updates and saves in one launcher.

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Runtime status
  • Runs successfully
Device & system

macOS

  • Chip · Apple Silicon
  • System · macOS 13.3 or later

Windows

  • System · Windows 10

Linux

  • System · Ubuntu 22.04
  • System · Linux x86
  • System · Project-wide information: Windows 10
Controls

macOS

  • Refer to the project documentation for input and device support.

Windows

  • Refer to the project documentation for input and device support.

Linux

  • Refer to the project documentation for input and device support.
  • Mouse · Project-wide information
Graphics & features

macOS

  • Metal renderer
  • Bundled launcher

Windows

  • Vulkan renderer
  • Bundled launcher

Linux

  • Vulkan renderer
  • Bundled launcher
  • Project-wide information: Bundled launcher; Vulkan renderer; Direct3D 12 renderer
Things to know

macOS

  • This review checked public documentation only; a full playthrough and all hardware configurations were not tested.

Windows

  • This review checked public documentation only; a full playthrough and all hardware configurations were not tested.

Linux

  • This review checked public documentation only; a full playthrough and all hardware configurations were not tested.
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