Jade Empire for PC

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I saw a Shacknews headline saying that Jade Empires was coming out on the PC. A few minutes later, the story was gone. I contacted Shacknews to ask what happened, and they gave me a "I can't comment on that" response. So, either a bogus rumor or some NDA covered item. See what y'all can find out.
 
That game was awesome, but I'm not one for action games on PC.
 
that was a good game on the xbox. one of the few I actually did play the whole way.
 
Jade Empire didn't impress me as much as KOTOR 1&2 did.
I played KOTOR 1 and 2 on the PC and I watched someone play Jade Empire on the xbox and it wasn't as polished, interesting, or as 'big' as KOTOR was.
 
I really hope it's true. I would love playing that on my PC, even if it is a rather crappy one. To be honest, it's something I've suspected. Can't recall if the makers of this game are related to KOTOR or Fable, but they seem to use a similar "Which side are you?" interface, and they're on PC, so yeah.
 
Bleh, I miss the KOTR series...they need to make another one already. Also, the sequal to jade empire would also be amazing. Bioware makes games with great stories.
 
J Macker said:
that was a good game on the xbox. one of the few I actually did play the whole way.

same here. one of the very few i finished.
 
I hope it does. It was one of the games on Xbox that I was considering picking up but never got around to it (probably because I've still got 5 or 6 Xbox games I still haven't played yet.

Would probably buy it, and then stick it on a shelf to gather dust somewhere though. At least I would be happy in the knowledge that I could play it if I ever had time (other than the hours I spend playing Pro Evo that is ;) )
 
I loved KOTOR 1&2, but i couldnt get into Jade Empire. It looked fantastic and played ok, but i just didnt enjoy the story. I found it a little cliche and boring.
 
I would buy it again if it came out on the PC.. since I don't have the xbox anymore
 
I posted this on the Bioware forums, and the mod posted a statement that Jade Empire was XBox only. Still doesn't explain the ShackNews editor making the "no comment" statement. Seriously, if it was a bogus rumor, or a misunderstanding, what would it hurt to say "my bad?" The story occured right next to some Mass Effect announcement, so perhaps there was some reference to Jade Empire and it got mixed up with Mass Effect. If anything ever comes of this, I'll give a shout.
 
Here's what the post said:

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It's taken a while, but BioWare has announced that its Xbox action RPG Jade Empire is heading to the PC. No release date was announced. Here are some PC specific features 

* Customizable, intuitive controls including support for game-pads and keyboard/mouse.
* Increased graphics resolutions and new visual effects.
* New monsters and enemies.
* New fighting styles.
* Improved combat AI and difficulty levels.
* New world map interface.
 
The post is back up on Shacknews. I sent a message to BFVolition, the moderator that lied to me on the third, asked him if he was a liar or just uninformed. Bioware also locked my forum post asking about it. I noticed the Shacknews post today was by Maarten, so I emailed him asking why the post disappeared for 5 days. Waiting for a reply. I am just glad it turned out to be true.
 
Maarten at Shacknews replied within minutes. He said that a PR person with Bioware emailed them the story, and about 30 minutes later, he emailed again saying not to post it, it was not official yet. So I guess that is cool.
 
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