Shanghai—-Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited (NasdaqGS: SNDA) announced on Friday that it has officially acquired Shanghai-based GoldCool Games (12ha.com)  aimed at integrating and operating more highly-praised Massively Multiplayer Online  games.

According to Yahoo Finance.com, Shanda has gained franchises of Bubble Fighter developed by South Korea’s Nexon Corp.  and the game in question will be published exclusively in Mainland China.

Along with the acquisition, Shanda has also brokered an exclusive right to operate the fantasy game “Mir III” in China with co-owners Actoz Soft Co. and Wemade Entertainment Co., both also based in South Korea. Shanda also bought rights to develop a film based on ” 2D MMORPG Mir II.”, which is a big step forward to entertainment and film market.

About GoldCool,

Founded in 2006, Goldcool develops and operates MMORPGs like Magic World Online, Realm of Hades, Zodiac Online Dukes and Lords;  in 2009, Goldcool worked with Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) Online and launched MMORPG Game— Dukes and Lords Online game . The two of the most amazing games developed and published in North America is Magic World Onine, and Zodiac Online, which was co-published by Ingle Games, Ltd..

About Shanda

Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited (NasdaqGS: SNDA) is a leading interactive entertainment media company in China. Shanda offers a portfolio of diversified entertainment content including some of the most popular massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and advanced casual online games in China, as well as online chess and board games, e-sports game platform and a variety of cartoons, literature works and music. Shanda’s interactive entertainment platform attracts a large and loyal user base, of which more and more is coming from homes. Each user can interact with thousands of other users and enjoy the interactive entertainment content that Shanda provides.