Jade Empire: Special Edition

Drew Karpyshyn, a lead writer for BioWare blockbusters like Mass Effect 2 and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, has announced he will be parting ways with the Canadian developer to focus on non-gaming projects...

Jade Empire is an exception on Bioware's resume. The Action RPG, based on mythologized ancient China and first published on the original Xbox by Microsoft, is one of the only titles never to see expansion into a franchise. However, the company's co-founders, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, have confirmed that a return to the game's setting is something the company has considered often, and is “just looking for the right way to deploy” another installment...

Bioware comments on the possibility of a sequel to their 2005 RPG, Jade Empire.

2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, announced today that Jade Empire: Special Edition has gone to gold master and will be in stores in North America on February 27 and in Europe and Australia on March 2. Jade Empire: Special Edition is an award-winning action-RPG that delivers an incredible story-driven game play experience with stunning high-resolution graphics and controls optimized for the PC.

Jade Empire: Special Edition is an action-RPG created by BioWare. Jade Empire: Special Edition delivers an incredible story-driven game play experience with high-resolution graphics and controls optimized for the PC gaming experience. Step into the role of an aspiring martial-arts master and follow the path of the Open Palm or the Closed Fist. In this spectacular action-RPG, your choices and actions will determine the fate of the entire Jade Empire. Will you prevent the destruction of this beautiful land, or will you crush it beneath your heel? Are you a warrior who uses his strength and fighting mastery to bring peace, or will you instead use your powers to bring pain and ruin? Key Features: - Exclusive content: introduced for the first time in this all-new Special Edition are new monsters, combat styles, items, enhanced graphics, as well as an included poster and Jade Empire art book. - Award-Winning Action-RPG: Adding to one of the most critically acclaimed RPG games ever created, Jade Empire: Special Edition features even more gameplay and enhancements to the ancient mythological world of Jade Empire. - Enhanced for the PC: The mysterious world of Jade Empire comes to life with high-resolution graphics and new visual effects and details. Take command of your journey with intuitive controls optimized for the PC platform ¿ support for both game pads and keyboard-mouse layouts is included. Also included in the PC version are new monsters to battle, new items to find and new combat-styles to learn. The power of today's PC-gaming systems is fully utilized by Jade Empire to bring gamers very short load-times, smooth frame-rates and ultra-crisp visuals. - Rich and engaging storyline: An incredible, engaging story that puts you in the role of a noble hero¿.or a treacherous villain! Journey across the beautiful and mysterious lands of the Jade Empire to interact with a wealth of fascinating characters, as you learn to master the wa...

Mass Effect developer tells CVG it has big plans for additional material for numerous projects It's already know that BioWare is to release episodic content for its forthcoming Xbox 360 game Mass Effect, but the developer has now revealed it's expanding episodic release plans to cover additional projects. ...we have big plans afoot at BioWare for post-release and episodic content for upcoming cool BioWare games like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Jade Empire: Special Edition and other upcoming BioWare titles, both on console and PC, BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka divulged in an interview with CVG which will be published later today. Speaking further about online initiatives, Muzyka said, There have been a lot of innovations in the PC space in online games - World of Warcraft and other MMOs continue to expand the business and we're excited about joining that world ourselves with the upcoming title we're developing down with our great team at BioWare Austin [BioWare's in-development MMORPG] - and digital distribution and episodic content.

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We still wince with pain when we think back on seeing an early version of the spectacular action role-player, Jade Empire, in 2004. Watching our avatar punch a guy in the stomach and explode was book-ended by the news that the game would only be available on the Xbox, with no plans for a PC version. Taken together, these two things represented the extremes of our emotional spectrums. Today, publisher 2K Games has picked up the ball where Microsoft dropped it, and are going ahead with the PC