Shanda Interactive Entertainment

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Chinese online games publisher ups sales expectations due to success of its free-to-play games

A survey by the Data Center of the China Internet and Internet Society of China expects the number of online gamers in that country to surpass 59 million in 2008

Shanda Interactive Entertainment, a China-based MMO publisher, has announced that its third quarter profits are up 66 per cent year on year, with an expected additional rise of between four and seven per cent for the final fiscal quarter.