Jade Empire is the original game in the franchise. Named as an "Original Xbox" game by Microsoft, Jade Empire is available for download on Xbox 360's Xbox Live service (since July 21, 2008). It costs 1200 Microsoft Points ($15).The Xbox version of Jade Empire received positive reviews from most critics. It has a 89% aproval from Metacritic, on 84 reviews. Jade Empire has received an extremely good 9.9 score from IGN.