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GameBanshee has picked up on a LinkedIn profile for former BioWare designer Rafael Jabulani Brown. Jade Empire 2 is listed in the "unreleased" section, though given that he worked for BioWare in 2006 - 2007, it seems reasonable to speculate the project was canned or put on hold but we don't really know.
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