The Warriors - XBERecomp (The Warriors PC port)

The Warriors, Rockstar Toronto’s 2005 brawler based on the 1979 film, came out on PS2 and Xbox, then on PSP, and was later re-released on PS3 and as a PS2 Classic on PS4. It never came to PC, despite years of fan requests. Antriksh’s repository went up on 23 October 2026 (“First working boot”), and two alpha releases followed the next day. On 27 October 2026 it had about 27 GitHub stars; we found no press coverage beyond posts on X.

This site is not affiliated with the developer, Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive.

What it is

• A static recompilation: the game’s Xbox executable (default.xbe) is translated function by function into C++ and compiled for 64-bit Windows, using XboxXBERecomp by TGP482 through the author’s own fork, which adds MSAA. It follows TGP482’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent port.
• Xbox libraries replaced: the Xbox kernel, Direct3D, DirectSound and XACT are reimplemented; graphics run on Direct3D 12, sound on XAudio2.
• Built on your PC: the release zip holds the launcher, a bundled compiler and runtime libraries, not the game. On first start it builds the game’s code from your default.xbe; the README puts this at about two minutes on an 8-core PC, again after each update.

It works like the other Xbox recompilations in our recompiled games list.

Current status

What the README and players report:

• boot, menus and the opening missions with sound; one player reached chapter 3 on 0.2 with no crashes;
• fights, mugging, the lock-picking and car-stereo minigames, scripted events and the full-motion videos;
• the game’s own 1280×720 widescreen mode on 16:9 screens, plus resolution, render scale, anisotropic filtering, MSAA up to 8x and VSync in an F10 panel;
• an Xbox-style controller, or keyboard and mouse with native mouse-look, rebinding and key prompts;
• saves in an emulated hard-drive folder.

Known problems per the README and issues: the frame rate is locked at 30 FPS (the game’s own pacing), and the mouse camera updates at 30 too; 3D sound is only approximated; some timed HUD effects may run fast; the minimap still shows a controller stick. Players reported a camera that spins on its own, missing voice lines when giving gang commands, and sound and frame-rate problems on Steam Deck. We didn’t play it ourselves.

What you need

• Your own copy of The Warriors for the original Xbox, USA (NTSC) release: a full disc image, an xiso, or the extracted files with default.xbe. The European Xbox release and the PS2 and PSP versions are not supported. We don’t explain how to obtain game files.
• Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, a GPU with Direct3D 12, 8 GB of RAM and about 1 GB free besides the game.

How to install (overview)

From the README, at a high level: download Warriors.zip from the official Releases page, unpack it, point it at your disc image or game folder and start Warriors.exe. The first start builds the game code, which takes a couple of minutes; after that it starts straight away.

Other The Warriors projects

• bitbyte90/TheWarriorsRecomp targets the European Xbox release but, on 27 October 2026, had only analysis work and no release.
• OGmidway/The-Warriors-Xbox-Recomp appeared on 26 October 2026 with a 212 MB release and claims of DLSS, frame generation and HDR, but its repository holds only a placeholder README and no source code. We couldn’t verify it and don’t link it.
• The Warriors is not in Teraflopping’s xrevive launcher as far as we could find.
• On PS2 there is no native port; the game runs in PCSX2, which is emulation.

Is it official, and will it stay up?

• No, it is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Rockstar Games or Take-Two.
• We found no takedown on 27 October 2026. The release contains no game code or data, according to its README.
• Get it only from the official GitHub repository. Sites offering a “The Warriors PC download” with the game included are not this project.

Related

• Other Xbox games recompiled to native PC programs: BLACK, Darkwatch and Rockstar’s Midnight Club 3.
• GTA: Vice City: Rockstar’s other 2000s crime game, in a browser tab.

Unofficial. This page is written by an independent directory. It is not made by, endorsed by or affiliated with Rockstar Games (developed by Rockstar Toronto) or Antriksh (Antriksh1984) (The Warriors - XBERecomp (The Warriors PC port)'s author). We do not host any files, and we never link to game files, ROMs or ISOs.