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Shanda Commercially Launches The Age - The Second Of Shanda Trilogy the Genesis of the Century

SHANGHAI, China, June 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Shanda Interactive
Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: SNDA), the largest operator of online games in
China, announced today that the Age, a fantasy MMORPG developed in-house and
operated by Shanda, started commercial operation on June 28, 2004.
As the second game of Shanda's trilogy, the Genesis of the Century, the
Age builds a lifelike virtual world with a unique national and civilization
system.
The World of Legend, the first game in the Genesis of the Century, has
been warmly received by online game users since its commercial launch on
October 2003. At the end of 2003, the World of Legend was recognized as one
of the top ten most popular online domestically developed games by the General
Administration of Press and Publication of China and International Data
Corporation, a leading market research firm.

The official website of the Age is http://theage.poptang.com .

About Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited
Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited is the largest operator of online
games in China, offering a portfolio of games that users play over the
Internet. Shanda's goal is to maintain and enhance its position in the online
gaming industry in China and to become an influential worldwide digital
entertainment company. For more information about Shanda, please visit
http://www.shandaentertainment.com .

For more information, please contact:

Donglei Zhou, Director of Investor Relations,
Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]