Jade Empire

Richard Cobbett on Video Game Languages

In his latest RPG Scrollbars column on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Richard Cobbett talks about the so-called Conlangs, or constructed languages, and their use in games. He mentions various techniques used to create these languages, lists a number of examples from…

BioWare’s James Ohlen Talks Game Design

Long-time BioWare designer James Ohlen was on hand at this week’s Digital Dragons conference in Krakow, Poland, and as a result, the folks at GamesIndustry.biz caught up with him to chat about a variety of topics related to game design.…

PC Gamer’s History of RPGs

Richard Cobbett, a well-known pundit when it comes to RPGs, has put together a comprehensive guide to PC RPGs, starting from way back in 1975. With the sheer scope of the RPG genre, some titles get overlooked, but for the…

IGN’s Top 100 RPGs of All Time, Part 2

The second part of IGN’s Top 100 RPGs has been revealed. Entries 61-80 include a disproportionate number of Japanese games with several notable exceptions. Here are some of them: Icewind Dale II – 76 Compared to other games in its…

BioWare New IP Won’t Be Announced Any Time Soon

Speaking with the folks at GameInformer (as reported by GameSpot), BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn confirmed what many of us were probably already suspecting: the new BioWare IP that was teased a few years back won’t be announced any time…

BioWare Still Interested in a Jade Empire Sequel

We’re quickly approaching twelve years since the original Jade Empire was released back in April of 2005, and over those years, BioWare has shared a handful of teasers indicating that they’re interested in – and have even began work on…

Jade Empire Out on iOS

While chances are you already own the title on PC if interested, as the game doesn’t have particularly high system requirements in this day and age, you might still want to play Jade Empire on the go. And if you…

BioWare Forums to be Shuttered

A post on the official BioWare blog brings word that the EA-owned developer intends to shutter their long-running forums on August 26th of this year. I can’t say that I spent more than a brief period of time on the…

Why BioWare’s Games Inspire a Unique Kind of Fandom

The editors at PC Gamer have editorialized about the fervent fanbase that BioWare enjoys due to the studio’s story-crafting abilities, the interactivity they present in each of their titles, their inclusion of homosexual romances, and their focus on character customization.…