Jade Empire Guides & News

Jade Empire

8.2/10

BySteven Carter
OnApril 4, 2007

Jade Empire: Special Edition Review

Jade Empire: Special Edition is an enjoyable RPG with a deep and engrossing story and unique character development system that actively reward exploration. Unfortunately, its console origins have burdened it with limited enemy and item variety, awkward interface, and restrictive camera.

News Guides

Val Hull
January 24, 2023

Mac Walters Departs BioWare

Last year, we got a chance to check out a BioWare blog acting as a profile story for Mac Walters, a veteran developer of 19 years who at the time was acting as the production director on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf,…

Val Hull
May 31, 2022

Mac Walters Developer Story

Mac Walters, a BioWare veteran of over 18 years, gets a chance to tell his story in this BioWare blog post. As a result, we can learn more about his career, his thoughts on the Dragon Age series and the…

Val Hull
January 25, 2021

Revolver Concept Art – BioWare’s Cancelled RPG

BioWare’s martial arts-themed RPG Jade Empire was supposed to have a sequel at one point. But over the course of development, before ultimately getting cancelled, that sequel transformed into Revolver – an open-world sci-fi action-RPG. And if you’d like a…

Val Hull
December 28, 2018

BioWare’s Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk Receive the Order of Canada Award

Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, a couple of Edmonton doctors, co-founded BioWare way back in 1995. As a result, the studio brought us such beloved RPGs like Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. And…

Val Hull
September 19, 2018

Drew Karpyshyn Interview

Drew Karpyshyn, one of the better known writers behind many of BioWare’s games, recently had a chat with the folks from The Inner Circle Games Network, which resulted in an hour-long podcast-style interview that goes over most of Karpyshyn’s career…

BuckGB
July 13, 2018

James Ohlen Leaves BioWare for Tabletop RPG Publishing Venture

There have been many key contributors to the success of BioWare since its inception back in 1995, and as lead designer on many of their greatest titles going back to the original Baldur’s Gate, James Ohlen is certainly one of…

Val Hull
May 26, 2018

Mike Laidlaw Interview

Last year, Mike Laidlaw departed BioWare after spending 14 productive years with the studio, during which he worked on Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age. And if you’re interested in any of these games, you can now read this…

Val Hull
October 13, 2017

Mike Laidlaw Exits BioWare

Mike Laidlaw, a BioWare veteran of 14 years, has announced his departure from the company via Twitter. During his time at BioWare he worked on Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and the Dragon Age series, having recently been the creative director…

BuckGB
July 26, 2017

Jade Empire 2 and Revolver: Cancelled BioWare RPGs Video

While we’ve heard a few rumors about BioWare’s scrapped plans to develop a Jade Empire sequel and a few rumblings about the “urban, near-future, sci-fi” setting they were preparing us for with the now-defunct Revolver, details on these two cancelled…

BuckGB
June 29, 2017

Mike Laidlaw Podcast Interview

The possibility of a Jade Empire sequel, his many contributions to the Dragon Age franchise, the approach he takes to design a title from its original inception to its final moments, how he deals with negative backlash to the titles…