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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.

Statically recompiles the Xbox 360 game to native x86-64 and draws it with its own Vulkan renderer; act one including the boss fight is playable on Linux, and a cross-compiled Windows build follows.

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Linux
Linux
Linux
Preparation

Built and run on Linux; the Windows build needs the VC++ 2015-2022 runtime and a Vulkan 1.3 driver.

Device & system
  • System · Ubuntu 22.04
  • System · Linux x86
Controls
  • Refer to the project documentation for input and device support.
Graphics & features
  • Vulkan renderer
  • Bundled launcher
Things to know
  • This review checked public documentation only; a full playthrough and all hardware configurations were not tested.
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