Jade Empire PC?

[A Black Falcon]

Great news! I was hoping that it would come out for PC... :)

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/09/11/...07204.html

RUMOR #4: Jade Empire is coming to the PC.

Source: French game site Sanqualis.com. (http://www.sanqualis.com/jade-empire.htm)

The official story: "We are exploring the idea of a PC version."--BioWare co-CEO Ray Muzyka.

What we heard: While at the European Developers Forum--the GDCE wannabe that ran alongside Game Stars Live! and EGN in London last week--Muzyka talked to Sanqualis about Jade Empire. Naturally, he was asked whether, like Knights of the Old Republic, the currently Xbox-only RPG would come to PC. "We're certainly interested in the idea," he said. "We own the IP, and we're interested in developing for the PC." Myzuka then dispelled any notion that Microsoft, eager for Xbox exclusives, would pay BioWare to keep Jade Empire solely on its console. "Microsoft's interested too," he said, all but sealing the deal. "But until it's officially announced, it's not something I can confirm or deny."

Bogus or not bogus?: Not bogus. It's just a matter of time.

[Dark Jaguar]

I had heard they struck a deal with MS to make it XBox exclusive. I'm not sure MS would look too kindly on this sort of deal... I mean, sure in the end they are making it for another MS system :D, but you know.

[A Black Falcon]

Limited exclusivity, I bet. Like many other games which come out on PC after the end of the exclusive period... see Rogue Squadron or GTA3...

[Dark Jaguar]

Ah, limited... Well, sucks to be MS I guess.

Anyway, this is a pretty different style of RPG, so I'd have to play it a little to decide if I'd rather use a mouse+keyboard control scheme or a control pad.

[OB1]

Yeah it seems like it was made with a gamepad in mind. The combat is real-time, after all.

[A Black Falcon]

The combat is real-time in ALL of Bioware's RPGs... :)

[OB1]

You give commands to your characters. That's not how JE works.