Baldur's Gate put them on the map; Knights of the Old Republic made them stars. But Jade Empire, the forthcoming kung-fu RPG set in an all-new universe, is the game that BioWare has always wanted to make. When Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuck formed the company over a decade ago, they had conceived a game that could expand on their love of martial arts films and mythology, but the technology just wasn't there. Things have changed, though, and we recently braved the winter chill of Edmonton, Alberta to play through the first hour of this Asian epic.