Jade Empire

 is an action RPG game developed by BioWare and published by Microsoft Game Studios on April 14, 2005 in North America, on April 22, 2005 in Europe, on June 16, 2005 in Japan and on June 30, 2005 in Australia for the Microsoft Xbox.

Two versions of the game were released on launch: the standard edition and the Limited Edition, which included a second disc that contains data for a new character and weapon. The Limited Edition was released to those who pre-ordered the game (except Canada, where all copies were Limited Editions). Later, the Limited Edition was released in stores for everyone. The additional content can be unlocked also in non-Limited Edition releases, as the main disc containing the game is the same for the two releases. It is not clear if this content was also available through Xbox Live, however the content is not available on Xbox 360 through backward compatibility because the second disc is not supported yet.