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Product Overview

Set in the ancient, mysterious world of mythical China, players train under their master's watchful eye and learn powerful martial arts and mystical powers. When danger threatens, players travel across the world, from the harsh mountains of the Land of Howling Spirits to the lush gardens of the Imperial City. In their adventures, players face powerful human and supernatural foes, learn exotic and magical martial arts, and discover the darkest secrets of the world. Only by mastering the greatest fighting styles and defeating the most powerful enemies will players earn their place as a master of martial arts in the world of "Jade Empire."

Key Features

And the ugly, gigantic rat-mutant thingy gets a bolt of lightning up its arse!

Come and feel my power! I shall turn you into a lovely iguana!

Innovative fighting system. As players journey through "Jade Empire," they can upgrade their starting combat style or learn entirely new styles, depending on their gameplay preferences. Gamers can learn more than 30 different fighting styles, each with unique strengths and weaknesses, including martial arts styles (Legendary Fist, Storm Dragon), magic styles (Paralyzing Palm, Dire Flame), and weapon styles (Twin Axes, Halberd, and improvised weapons like chairs). Each fighting style has its is own speed, power, multi-style combination and form that ranges from punches and kicks to weapon strikes, mystical powers, and even transformations into supernatural monsters. Combat is fast-paced and real-time martial arts action characterized by rapid style changes as players and enemies alike seek out their opponents' weaknesses.

Roleplay as a martial arts master. Jump into the story right away with a pre-generated martial artist, or create a custom character tailored to specific play preferences. Each character has a unique appearance, custom voice set, and a powerful combination of fighting styles and ability scores. Focus on strength, speed, or magic, or build a character with a balance of all three. As their characters progress, players can focus on a narrow channel of fighting styles and become dominant in these forms, or study a wide variety of styles adaptable to many combat situations. Players must choose whether to act for good or evil, and their decisions have consequences that precede them throughout the land, and impact their game experience.

Epic story set in mythical China. Set in an ancient, mysterious world based on mythical China, players train under their master's watchful eye and learn powerful martial arts and mystical powers. When danger threatens, players travel across the world, from the harsh mountains of the Land of Howling Spirits to the lush gardens of the Imperial City. In their adventures, players face powerful human and supernatural foes, learn exotic and magical martial arts, and discover the darkest secrets of the world. Only by mastering the greatest fighting styles and defeating the most powerful enemies will players earn their place as a master of martial arts in the world of "Jade Empire."

Developer Information

BioWare Corp. is an electronic entertainment company that develops computer and console games. BioWare's developers are currently hard at work on the action-RPG "Jade Empire™," a BioWare-created intellectual property to be published by Microsoft for the Xbox (www.jade-empire.com). Two other untitled projects, both featuring original BioWare intellectual properties, are also in development for PC and console. "Star Wars:® Knights of the Old Republic,™" published by LucasArts and released July 18, 2003 for the Xbox and November 18, 2003 for PC, is currently enjoying critical praise and great commercial success with its opening weekend launch ending with Microsoft proclaiming the title as the fastest selling Xbox game in history. "Neverwinter Nights™: Hordes of the Underdark™," the second official expansion for the critically acclaimed PC role-playing game "Neverwinter Nights," published by Atari, was released on December 2, 2003, and has enjoyed critical success. Previously published projects include: the award-winning "Neverwinter Nights,™" the genre-defining "Baldur's Gate™" role playing game series for the PC, "MDK™2" for Dreamcast and PC, "MDK™2: Armageddon" for PlayStation®2 and "Shattered Steel™." BioWare information can be found online at www.bioware.com.