An unofficial static recompilation of the Xbox 360 version of WWE 2K14 for 64-bit Windows and Linux. The original PowerPC game code is translated ahead of time to C++ and built into a native executable using the ReXGlue SDK; this is not an Xbox 360 emulator.

• Fixed: crash in Hell in a Cell with the weapon wheel (GitHub #122). With the weapon wheel switched on, the match now gets more memory for the items it loads (taken from memory the game never uses), so it no longer runs out.
• Fixed: crash when picking wrestlers in Create-an-Entrance, stables, Create-a-Story and Universe after importing WWE '13 wrestlers (GitHub #128, #129, #130, #132).
• Fixed: crash with some WWE '13 titantrons.
• Safety check for the 30 Years of WrestleMania crash in WrestleMania 23 Cena vs Michaels (GitHub #125): when the game finds damaged data while unpacking a file, it now skips it instead of crashing.

• Fixed: WWE '13 import said "Importing needs WWE 2K14 Add-On 2" even with all DLC added (GitHub #103, #111, #118, #120). There are two versions of that add-on; the import now works with either one. If your add-ons have no room for every wrestler you chose, the message now says how many do not fit.

• Bug Reports page (new): click Bug Reports at the bottom of the launcher. It lists your last 10 games and how each one ended (crashes are shown in red), with Save Report and Show Report for each game, your saved reports, and a Report on GitHub button. Save the report for the game that went wrong, then drag the file into your GitHub message.
• Crash message (new): if the game crashes, the launcher comes back by itself, tells you the game crashed, saves a bug report for that game (or tells you if it could not), and takes you to the Bug Reports page. The launcher still closes when the game starts; a small helper without a window waits for the game in the background.
• Fixed: crash in Ladder and TLC matches with the weapon wheel (GitHub #110). For now the weapon wheel is off in Ladder and TLC matches, even with Also in other match types ticked.
• Fixed (Linux): the game would not start again after closing it with Alt+F4 on PCs with little memory, until the PC was restarted (GitHub #107).
• WWE '13 import: when Add-On 2 is not found, the message now lists the add-on folders the launcher did find (GitHub #103). Files another program holds for a moment are tried again, and if that still fails the message says why.
• Black wrestlers on older AMD Radeon cards (RX 560 / RX 580): not fixed yet, but a bug report from these cards now shows exactly what the graphics card refuses, so we can fix it. If this happens to you, please send one from the new Bug Reports page (GitHub #44).

• In-game settings menu (new): press F1 on the keyboard, or Back + Start together on a controller, during the game. Change crowd, shadows, Lower CPU use, sync and stretch without going back to the launcher. Your choices are saved for next time.
• Controller vibration switch (new): a Controller vibration tick box on the Controls page. Untick it to turn rumble off completely. (GitHub #102)
• Weapon wheel in more matches: under the Hell in a Cell weapon wheel box on the Mods page, tick Also in other match types to pull objects from under the ring in more exhibition matches. Off by default.
• Fixed: WWE '13 import could not find WWE 2K14 Add-On 2 when its folder had a different name. The launcher now recognises it by its contents. (GitHub #103)
• Fixed: WWE '13 import stopped with "An LSD registry table has an invalid row count" on some copies of WWE '13 add-on files. Those files are accepted now, and if a file really is damaged the message names it.
• Fixed: the Creation Suite said a save was "unsupported" when a created superstar used certain WWE Superstars' heads (for example Daniel Bryan's).

• Import from WWE '13 (new): a button on the new Mods page brings wrestlers from your own WWE '13 into WWE 2K14: their models, attires, entrances, moves, names, theme music, the ring announcer saying their names, and their own titantron videos, converted on your PC. All 106 supported wrestlers, base game and add-ons, or just the ones you tick.
  • The launcher finds your WWE '13 files and add-ons by itself, or you choose the folder at any time.
  • Themes start at WWE 2K14's own music volume. Each wrestler's theme volume can be changed under Edit, with a button to go back to the game's volume.
  • It checks free disk space first, shows its progress, and can be cancelled. Undo WWE '13 import puts back every original file exactly. You can import more wrestlers later without starting over.
  • You need your own WWE '13 and your own WWE 2K14 DLC packs. No game files are included in this download.
• Mods page (new): imported wrestlers with search, Men and Divas lists, remove and add back several at once, each tagged with the game it came from, and a Pop out list button for a full-size view.
• Weapon wheel in Hell in a Cell: pull any object from under the ring, as in Extreme Rules: chairs, ladders, tables and more. The computer uses it too. Off by default; tick it on the Mods page. Exhibition matches only.
• Full shadows in big matches: matches with 3 or more wrestlers, including Ladder and TLC, get the same soft rope and wrestler shadows on the ring as one-on-one matches. On by default, except on AMD integrated graphics, where it stays your choice for now (Settings).
• Faster on weak graphics: lighter shaders and less work per frame on built-in graphics such as Intel UHD 630 and AMD Radeon 780M. On our Intel UHD 630 test PC: about 55 fps against about 51 for v1.4.10, and steadier (the slowest 5% of frames 27 ms against 30 ms). The test matches vary, so treat that as a small gain.
• Smoother over a whole match: the game uses video memory more carefully and keeps frame pacing steadier.
• Two optional add-ons that lower the picture for speed, both off by default, in Settings: Performance mode (anti-aliasing off and softer texture filtering) and Texture filtering: Standard (softer than the default Sharp).
• Saves page: backups show Normal or Modded, so you know which saves were played with imported wrestlers.
• Fixed: black strips on the steel cage and on Hell in a Cell. Launcher settings that did not stay saved. After an update, new shaders are prepared again so the first matches don't stutter.

• Faster on the processor: the game now uses much less processor time per frame. On our test PC the game's main thread dropped from about 16 ms to about 5 ms per frame, and a laptop on battery now holds a steady 60 fps. Weaker PCs should benefit most; fast PCs will not see a big change.
• Picture fixes: black patches during Undertaker's victory (#91); two shaders that could show random colours; slightly wrong reflections on many shiny materials.
• Long sessions: video memory no longer keeps growing over many matches in a row (#93).
• AMD Radeon integrated graphics (for example 780M): if Elimination Chamber or other big matches crash, please update your AMD graphics driver - an old 2023 driver was the cause on our test laptop.
• Move-Set endless load fixed: Signatures & Finishers could load forever when the game ran out of cache space; it now skips that optional copy and keeps loading.

• Creation Suite: rename your created superstars and custom arenas.
• Logos: draw new logos or edit existing ones with the built-in paint tool (works with a touchpad, full screen option).
• Music: play your songs in the launcher with a position bar to jump anywhere. Change volume, trim, fades, bass and treble and hear each change while the song plays. Match a song, or several ticked songs, to the game's own music level.
• Settings: clearer pages with bigger buttons. Recommended settings for my PC now uses your strongest graphics card (for example the RTX instead of the built-in graphics on a laptop) and offers to switch to it.
• The game itself is unchanged from v1.4.8.

• Fixed: matches with a created superstar (CAW) never finished loading (#72, #84). Post-match replays are off again for now, because turning them on caused this; they come back once both work together.
• Fixed: the in-launcher updater on Linux downloaded the Windows files (#82). This download contains both Windows and Linux files so Linux players on the broken updater can update normally once.

• Fixed endless loading screens with DLC installed: at the main menu and in Move-Set > Signatures / Finishers (#29, #78, #83).
• Fixed a rare random crash and a possible freeze in cloth physics.
• Freeze reports now say what a stuck loading screen is waiting for.

• Creation Suite export fixed: exporting works when the game is on a different drive from where you save the file (for example the game on D: and your Desktop on C:), for superstars the game has edited (including ones with a WWE superstar's head), and for large arenas and superstars with their own images - there is no size limit any more (the "file is too large" error).
• The export window opens in Documents, and a failed export now says which step went wrong.
• Better bug reports: a short, readable timeline of each game session and a launcher log of clicks and setting changes, both included in Save a Bug Report (account names hidden).

• Fixed: the game would not start on Intel "Ice Lake" laptop graphics (for example Core i3-1005G1 / i5-1035G1 with Intel UHD or Iris Plus) with the Native renderer in v1.4.4 (#77). One compatibility shader was missing.

• Smoother matches on a slow graphics chip. Tested on an Intel UHD 630 at 480p: frames on time went from 42 % to 82 %, and speed from 52.7 to 62.3 fps. Crowds are now drawn with far fewer steps, and less memory is copied each frame.
• Fixed: matches slowing down on AMD laptop graphics (Radeon 780M class, Steam Deck, Ryzen laptops). On a Radeon 780M laptop, matches now run at 59.4 fps with 1.9 % of frames late (was 45.7 fps, 30.5 % late).
• Fewer first-time stutters: effects prepared before play are now used directly.
• New launcher home-screen artwork. Windows and Linux are now separate downloads.
• New Settings option Intel Lake compatibility shaders (off by default). Turn it on only if the Native renderer crashes or looks wrong on an Intel graphics chip.
• New Settings option Faster loading (off by default; works with Locked 30).
• Known issues: as v1.4.3. If the title-screen demo has played, choosing a mode can hang - press Start within about 20 seconds. On some laptops Lower CPU use makes entrances less smooth - leave it off unless your PC runs hot or loud.

• New Settings options for slower PCs: Textures (Normal / Low) and Shadows (On / Off).
• New picture sizes 360p and 540p.
• Intel graphics without 64-bit shader support (for example 10th-gen "Ice Lake" laptops) can now use the Native renderer instead of getting a black screen (#56).
• Fewer stutters the first time you play: more effects are prepared before play.
• The launcher shows a message instead of closing silently when it cannot open its window (#26).
• Fixed: the chosen game language was ignored while Settings were on Recommended.
• Saves: backup/restore is blocked while the game is running, and a restore is no longer undone by the launcher.
• Known issues: as v1.4.2. On some laptops Lower CPU use makes entrances less smooth - leave it off unless your PC runs hot or loud.

• New launcher look.
• F11 switches between fullscreen and windowed (#58).
• Fixed white skin on AMD Radeon graphics (Hogan, Savage, Elizabeth and others) (#18).
• Fixed the invisible Money in the Bank briefcase and title belts in Create a Championship (#71).
• Fixed Creation Suite saying "unsupported" for saves with a CAW that uses a WWE Superstar head.
• Fixed bringing saves over from an older install when extracted into a deep folder.
• Fixed laptops with two graphics chips starting at lower settings than the Settings page shows.
• "Preparing shaders" box before play is back.
• Known issues: as v1.4.1. If the title-screen demo has played, choosing a mode can hang - press Start within about 20 seconds.

• Creation Suite fixes (launcher only; the game itself is the same as v1.4.0):
  • Importing some arenas no longer leaves the save "unsupported" (#64). The launcher now checks the save before it writes anything.
  • Many more community CAWs and arenas import, including most of the "Best of" save collection (before, many were refused as "package list is damaged").
  • Imported arenas no longer show a black ring or floor: each arena is now copied completely, including its look settings and full name.
  • Arenas imported with an older launcher can be repaired: open Creation Suite > Arenas and press Fix / find existing once.
• Known issues: on AMD Radeon integrated graphics (for example Radeon 780M) the game can still stall for a moment or drop to 30 fps, most often the first time a new arena or superstar is shown; we are still working on it. Linux: post-match replays stay off for now. With Frame rate: 60 everywhere championship belts can shake during entrances (use 30 / 60); if the intro video plays and the game goes back to the title screen, choosing a mode can hang on a black screen - press Start on the first title screen.

• Beat the Streak crash fixed: backing out of the "Past WrestleMania Victims" page no longer closes the game (#46).
• No more slowdown after a few matches in a row (for example in 30 Years of WrestleMania) on graphics cards with less video memory (#69, #70).
• AMD Radeon integrated graphics (for example Radeon 780M): no more "device lost" crashes.
• Post-match replays play again on Windows (#7).
• Lower CPU use is now off by default (it could cost smoothness on some PCs); you can still turn it on.
• Creation Suite: imports now work with more save files (#63, #64); export created superstars and arenas; new Logos tab (your own pictures as custom logos, 256 x 256 or 128 x 128) and Stories tab; Discord button in the launcher.

• Creation Suite (CAW / arena import), PC keyboard typing in name boxes (#53), WrestleMania V skin fix (#18), Hollywood Hogan's nWo t-shirt, PC no longer sleeps while playing with a controller (#49).

• Rope shadows fixed (Native renderer), Crowd setting (Full / None), G-SYNC / FreeSync double speed and non-English folder name fixes restored from v1.0.1, better graphics errors in the log, Xbox renderer picture size shown in the launcher.

• Created superstars save fix: saving a created superstar several times in a row (and the signatures / finishers screens) no longer freezes the game.
• Lower CPU use (Native renderer), Language setting, Xbox renderer Frame rate and Anti-aliasing options, Custom Music fixes, Superstar Threads faces, F3 counter fix, 4K memory crash fix, Linux start fixes and the game/launcher icon.
• Coming from an older version? Extract v1.5.4 into a new folder and start the launcher: it offers to bring everything over (game folder, title update, DLC, saves, created superstars, music, keys and settings). Updating with the launcher's Update button keeps everything in place.

You must own a legally obtained Xbox 360 copy of WWE 2K14 and supply the game files yourself. This project does not include the retail default.xex, title-update file, game assets, audio, video, DLC, or saves. The executable is a compiled recompilation derived from the game; it is not a substitute for supplying the required game data. See DISCLAIMER.md.

• Base game files from your own copy (a game folder, or your own disc image .iso).
• Title update 1.0.3 (default.xexp and its data files). It is required: the recompilation was built from the updated game, so the game refuses to start without it and tells you why.
• DLC packs are optional.
• Import from WWE '13 is optional too. It needs your own WWE '13 files and your own WWE 2K14 DLC packs; it tells you plainly if something is missing.

• Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), or Linux (glibc 2.38 or newer, e.g. Ubuntu 24.04, with GTK3; on Wayland the game window runs through XWayland, installed by default on most distributions).
• CPU: a 64-bit processor with AVX2 (most PCs from 2013 onward: Intel Haswell / AMD Ryzen or newer).
• Graphics: up-to-date Vulkan drivers. With the Native renderer, integrated graphics such as AMD Radeon 780M and Intel UHD 630 are supported (start with 480p). The Xbox renderer needs a dedicated graphics card.
• About 10 GB of free space for the game files.

1. Download WWE2K14-Recomp-v1.5.4.zip (the combined Windows and Linux package) and extract it to a normal folder such as Documents or Desktop (not C:\Program Files). For a manual Linux-only download, use Linux-WWE2K14-Recomp-v1.5.4.zip.
2. Start WWE 2K14 Launcher.exe (Linux: Linux-x86_64/wwe2k14-launcher).
3. In Game files, do one of the following:
   • put your game folder in the WWE 2K14 folder beside the launcher, or
   • press Find Automatically to search this PC, or
   • press Choose a Folder, or Use a Disc Image to extract your own .iso once.
4. Add the title update (and DLC packs, if you have them) with Add TU or DLC. The launcher accepts the package files you have and installs them where the game expects them.
5. Press Play. The very first start takes a few extra seconds while the game prepares its graphics; after that it starts normally.

The launcher checks every file and shows Game files ready when everything is correct.

WWE2K14-Recomp-x64/
├── WWE 2K14 Launcher.exe       # start here (Windows)
├── wwe2k14.exe                 # the game (started by the launcher)
├── pipelines-seed.keys         # first-start graphics list (Linux: Linux-x86_64/pipelines-seed.keys)
├── wwe2k14.toml                # keyboard keys (change them on the launcher's Controls page)
├── avcodec-58.dll, avutil-56.dll
├── shaders/                    # Native renderer shaders (shared by Windows and Linux)
├── shaders32/                  # Native renderer shaders for GPUs without 64-bit shader support (Intel Ice Lake)
├── crowd-cards/                # extra crowd shaders (Linux: Linux-x86_64/crowd-cards)
├── shadertools/                # converts rare missing shaders at run time (Linux: Linux-x86_64/shadertools)
├── Linux-x86_64/               # Linux launcher + game
├── README.md, CHANGELOG.md, DISCLAIMER.md, CONTRIBUTORS.md, LICENSE, SHA256SUMS
├── licenses/, third-party-licenses/, ffmpeg-source-*.zip
├── WWE 2K14/                   # your game folder (default.xex + default.xexp + data)
├── userdata/                   # saves, DLC and settings (created on first run)
└── logs/                       # game logs (created on first run)

The launcher shows a recommended setup for your graphics card. You can also choose:

• Renderer - Native (default, recommended) or Xbox (the previous renderer).
• With Native: Picture size (480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K - how sharp the 3D picture is drawn), Frame rate (Locked 30, 30 / 60, 60 everywhere), Anti-aliasing and Lower CPU use.
• With Xbox: Resolution 720p, 1080p or 1440p (the game draws at 1280x720 like the Xbox 360 and is scaled), Frame rate and Anti-aliasing (FXAA).
• Language - the game's language (English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Español).
• Display - fullscreen or windowed (press F11 in the game to switch at any time); Graphics card - for PCs with two GPUs (laptops: pick the one you want to play on).
• Stretch to fill wide screens - fill a 21:9 or 16:10 screen instead of showing black bars.
• Creation Suite - import created superstars and arenas (Beta), and drop your own songs in for the game's custom music.
• Mods - Gameplay changes such as the Hell in a Cell weapon wheel (off by default), and Import from WWE '13. Importing many wrestlers takes a few minutes and needs free disk space; the launcher checks the space first. Each titantron movie is converted on your PC. If one cannot be converted, that wrestler uses a WWE 2K14 titantron instead and the launcher tells you. Undo WWE '13 import restores your original files.
• Saves - Back Up Now and Restore your saves with one click.

When the launcher starts, it asks this repository's Releases page whether a newer version exists. If there is one, the Play page shows it with What's new, Update, Not now and Skip this version. Update downloads the new release, checks that the download is intact, replaces only the program files and restarts the launcher. Your game files, saves, DLC, settings, keyboard keys and music are never touched; the previous version's program files are kept in backups/update-<version>/. Nothing about you or your PC is sent. Turn the check off with Check for updates on the Settings page.

An Xbox-compatible controller is recommended. The keyboard also works as a controller: the default keys follow modern WWE 2K games on PC - WASD move, J strike (X), L grapple (A; also confirms in menus), K Irish whip / pin (B; back in menus), Space signature / finisher (Y), 1 reversal (RT), Left Shift run (LT), U pick up / in-out of the ring (LB), Left Ctrl limb targeting (RB), arrow keys taunts (D-pad), Esc pause. See and change every key on the launcher's Controls page. When the game's on-screen keyboard is open (for example, naming a story), you can type with your PC keyboard and paste with Ctrl+V. Names are upper case, like on the console.

The game keeps saves, DLC and settings in userdata/ beside the launcher. It is local to this installation; use Back Up Now on the launcher's Saves page (or copy the folder) before moving or replacing a release.

• ATTENTION dialogs start on NO. When the game asks a yes/no question - for example the "create save data?" prompt on the first start, or the custom-data notice - the NO button is selected first. Press Left (controller: D-pad left) to move to YES, then L (controller A) to confirm.
• Saving a created superstar (Create a Superstar): in the editor, switch to the OTHER tab (RB, keyboard F), move the highlight down to the last row ACCEPT and press L (controller A). Answer the ATTENTION prompt about unattended attire with Left + L (YES). The editor's Back overlay (hold Tab) is only a controls legend, not the save menu.

• AMD Radeon integrated graphics (for example Radeon 780M): short stalls and drops to 30 fps, most often the first time a new arena or superstar is shown. On our one test laptop (Radeon 780M), a heavy match plugged in on its Silent power mode can also fall to about 30 fps when the chip's memory slows down; on battery it held 60. The speed work in this version reduced that in our test but did not remove it.
• Post-match replays are off for now on Windows and Linux (with them on, matches with a created superstar never finished loading).
• Native renderer: Bobby Heenan's outfit can show a red tint in WrestleMania mode; Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan and Miss Elizabeth can look white in 30 Years of WrestleMania (WrestleMania V); John Cena's title belt can shake with 60 everywhere (use 30 / 60); rarely, the loading screen after choosing wrestlers does not finish (restart the game). If something blocks you, switch to the Xbox renderer.
• The Back button does not toggle the pre-match options; use the D-pad (arrow keys) instead. In the Create-a-Superstar editor, holding Back (Tab) shows a controls legend. Save a created superstar from the OTHER tab's ACCEPT row (see "On-screen prompts and saving a created superstar" above).
• Import from WWE '13: do not close the launcher or turn off the PC while it is copying files. If that happens, the import cannot repair itself; your original files stay in a backup beside your game folders.
• Some shadow and lighting differences remain compared to the console.
• Frame rates can dip in active play on some systems (the game's timing follows the frame rate).
• Extract the release to a normal folder, not C:\Program Files: the launcher keeps your saves and settings next to itself (it warns you if the folder is read-only).
• Only the exact title update 1.0.3 is supported; other regions, game revisions or title updates are refused.
• In menus, the modern keyboard keys confirm with L and go back with K (they follow the controller's A and B buttons). The Back button is the exception noted above.

Click Bug Reports at the bottom of the launcher. The page lists your last 10 games and how each one ended (crashes in red). Click Save Report on the game that went wrong: it saves a wwe2k14-bug-report-game-<date>.zip next to the launcher with that game's log, the launcher's logs and settings and basic PC information (graphics card, system); no game files or saves. Show Report finds the file. Click Report on GitHub, describe what happened and drag the file into your message. If the game crashed, the launcher comes back by itself, saves that game's report (or says if it could not) and opens this page for you.

If the game freezes, wait a few seconds, close it, and save the report for that game the same way: the game writes a wwe2k14-freeze-<date>.txt into its logs folder (and the report zip always includes it) that records every guest thread and what it was waiting on at the moment it stopped presenting.

• This is an unofficial fan project. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by WWE, 2K, Take-Two Interactive, Yuke's or Microsoft. WWE 2K14 and all related names, characters and game material belong to their respective owners.
• No game material is included: no default.xex, title update, game data, audio, video, DLC or saves. You must own the game and supply your own files. See DISCLAIMER.md.
• Recompiler and runtime: the ReXGlue SDK (this project builds on the rexglue-sdk-yukes fork), which is derived from Xenia. See their licenses in third-party-licenses/.
• Native renderer: draws through plume (MIT license); its shaders are converted with XenosRecomp. Memory is managed with the Vulkan Memory Allocator (MIT).
• Video: FFmpeg libraries under the LGPL 2.1 or later; the corresponding source is included (ffmpeg-source-*.zip).
• Import from WWE '13: no WWE '13 or WWE 2K14 game files are included; the import works only with files you already own. The movie converter (wwe2k14-bink-convert) is a separate program under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, built on NihAV; its source is attached to each release (wwe2k14-bink-convert-source-*.tar.gz). The LZX decoder library (wwe2k14_lzx) is from libmspack under the LGPL 2.1; its source is attached too (libmspack-lzx-source-*.tar.gz). See licenses/importer-NOTICE.txt.
• Other components and their licenses are listed in licenses/ and third-party-licenses/.
• License: this project's own code is under the BSD 3-Clause LICENSE. It does not cover WWE 2K14 or any game content, and third-party components keep their own licenses.
• Contributors: see CONTRIBUTORS.md.