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Award Winning Action-RPG Jade Empire^TM Comes to the PC

Now Supercharged with New Monsters, New Weapons and New Fighting Styles

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, May 8, 2006

Video game developer, BioWare Corp. today announced their plans to bring an enhanced version of their 2005 Xbox role-playing game of the year, Jade Empire, to the PC.

The mysterious world of Jade Empire comes to the PC with stunning high-resolution graphics and new visual effects. The original, critically acclaimed story of Jade Empire is injected with new monsters, weapons, combat styles, new challenges, and special items to discover, all exclusively designed for the PC.

"We've taken full advantage of the PC's capabilities to add many new and exciting enhancements that were simply not possible in the original version," said Greg Zeschuk, President of BioWare. "PC gamers will be treated to the original, immersive story but the new additions deliver a far richer gameplay experience than ever before."

The epic story casts the player as a noble hero or treacherous villain, on a quest to become a martial arts master by following the path of the Open Palm or the Closed Fist. Jade Empire has won numerous industry awards and earned Gamerankings and Metacritic review scores of ~90% for its excellence in story-telling, graphics, role-playing, and action. It is the first original intellectual property to be wholly owned and created by BioWare, with additional BioWare-owned IPs on the way in the form of Mass Effect^TM and Dragon Age^TM.

"BioWare has an amazing community of roleplaying game fans who have been demanding a PC version of Jade Empire," said Ray Muzyka, CEO of BioWare. "We are delighted to deliver a fully PC-optimized experience to them, so that another important segment of BioWare's fans can experience the beautiful and mysterious world of the Jade Empire!"

For more information, visit the Jade Empire website at: http://jade.bioware.com.

About BioWare

BioWare develops computer, console, handheld and online video games focused on rich stories and memorable characters. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world's best-selling titles including the award-winning Baldur's Gate™ and Neverwinter Nights™ series, and Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™. Original BioWare-created IPs include Jade Empire™ and the 2007 Game of the Year, Mass Effect™. With studios in Edmonton, Canada, and Austin, Texas, BioWare is hard at work on the epic fantasy RPG, Dragon Age and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for the Nintendo DS™, as well as several unannounced projects including a massively multiplayer online game. In 2008, BioWare was acquired by the world’s leading electronic entertainment publisher, Electronic Arts. For more information on BioWare, visit www.bioware.com.