Anyone with an Origin account can freely download Jade Empire: Special Edition onto their PC now while the offer lasts. The game is a part of EA's "On the House" service on Origin, which offers free games for players to download and keep forever.

Jade Empire was originally developed by Bioware and released on the original Xbox in 2005. Two years later it was ported to the PC with additional monsters and enemies, fighting styles, improved AI and graphics, playable character Monk Zeng, and the ability to import saved character for second playthrough.