com and
for the latest sports news, scores and expert analysis, please visit
cbs . "This agreement reaffirms Turbine's commitment to bring the D+D Online
experience to every gamer in China and throughout the world.
Turbine, Inc.atari. Publisher of adventure games, family card and board games,
and electronic media products, Wizards of the Coast is also one of the world's
premier book publishers of fantasy series fiction whose novels have made
numerous appearances on The New York Times best-seller list and have sold
millions of copies worldwide.

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CBS SportsLine.com is a member of the Viacom family and
a part of CBS Digital Media.0 million peak concurrent users playing its online games.
Shanda's interactive entertainment platform attracts a large and loyal user
base , an increasing amount of which access Shanda's content from home.
Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) is a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure
time entertainment products and services, including the design , manufacture
and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.

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Billiards takes online pool to a new level providing a three-dimensional
gaming experience. Shanda offers a portfolio of
diversified entertainment content including some of the most popular massively
multi-player and casual online games in China, along with online chess and
board games, network PC games and a variety of cartoons and literature works.snda.com

About Turbine, Inc. With
studios on two coasts, the Company is the largest privately held online games
company in North America.

About Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for
all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive
entertainment software in the U.



Computer-moderated PBEM (play-by-email) gaming uses
a computer program as the moderator instead of a human.

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com's games
channel will offer 12 popular titles for users to play for free.



For more information about Shanda, please visit http://www.com .

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About Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited
Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: SNDA) is a leading
interactive entertainment media company in China.

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, CBS SportsLine .com/games/, CBS SportsLine.com.

Shanda Turbine to Bring Dungeons + Dragons Online to China

turbine .
Although the companies believe that their expectations expressed in these
forward-looking statements are reasonable, they cannot assure you that their
expectations will turn out to be correct .

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For more information about CBS SportsLine. For more
information, visit http://www.

About Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

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All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Located at http://cbs."

About CBS SportsLine. in the United States or other jurisdictions.

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com.

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In addition to the online games, CBS SportsLine.3 billion by 2009. Atari, Inc.

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com is at the leading edge of media companies providing
Internet sports content , Fantasy sports and e-commerce. The game is
expected to launch in China in the second half of 2005 .S. These forward-looking statements involve
various risks and uncertainties. Securities and Exchanges Commission,
including Shanda's registration statement on Form F-1.


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the moderator, or GM, who will determine what happened
in the game for the particular turn, and send updates
to each player.

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CBS SportsLine.
"As the pioneer of traditional role-playing games, Dungeons + Dragons
Online is a terrific addition to our leading portfolio of both internally
developed and licensed online game offerings," said Tianqiao Chen, chief
executive officer of Shanda.com.

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Financial terms of
the agreement were not disclosed . Shanda helped
pioneer this market and today occupies the leading position as measured by
both revenue and total game playing users. For more information, visit the Wizards of the
Coast website at http://www.

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CBS SportsLine.com Launches Casual Games Channel

, the titles include sports themes
like Pin High Golf, Full Throttle Speedway and Downfield Strike. "There is a tremendous amount of advertising potential within
these games as a sponsor's brand and message can be embedded into the product
and constantly reinforced to a very captive audience. For more information on Turbine and its services, please visit
http://www.
New York-based Atari, Inc.

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Users will also have access
to video previews of new game releases via the CBS streaming media "EyeBox. Both
internationally and in the U.

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In addition to its
flagship service, the company publishes the official Web sites of the NFL, PGA
TOUR and NCAA Sports.sportsline. In 2004, Shanda had approximately
2. "Turbine has done a tremendous job adapting this
signature title to the virtual world, and we look forward to bringing a rich
game experience to China's gamers via our national distribution platform. All statements other than statements of historical
fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements , including but not
limited to statements regarding the launch date for Dungeons + Dragons Online
in China, the growth of the online game market in China and the content of the
Dungeons + Dragons Online game.

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From reviews of the latest and hottest games on the
market to information on different gaming platforms, users will get a wide
variety of gaming content at CBS SportsLine. China's Largest Online Games Operator to Distribute
Turbine's Highly Anticipated 3D Role Playing Game

SHANGHAI, China, April 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Shanda Interactive
Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: SNDA), the largest operator of online games in
China, announced today that it will be signing a deal with Turbine, Inc., a
leading publisher of online subscription entertainment, to bring Dungeons +
Dragons(R) Online to China.

About Hasbro, Inc., its PLAYSKOOL, TONKA , MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER
BROTHERS, TIGER, and WIZARDS OF THE COAST brands and products provide the
highest quality and most recognizable play experiences in the world.hasbro. Important risks and uncertainties
could cause actual results to be materially different from expectations
include but not limited to delays in completion of the original or localized
version of the Dungeons + Dragons Online game , obtaining Atari's and Hasbro's
approval of the agreement between Turbine and Shanda, and the risks set forth
in Shanda's filings with the U.

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"With the enormous growth that is expected from the online games sector,
our games channel has the potential to become a viable revenue stream in the
mold of our fantasy sports business," said Steve Snyder, General Manager, CBS
SportsLine. Interaction enriches your life.

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com will also offer full
coverage of the video gaming industry from CBS Digital Media's dedicated staff
of "GameCore" writers.

Play-by-mail gaming involves strategic or roleplaying
games which are played via email or postal mail.

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Developed in
conjunction with Skyworks Technologies, Inc. Also offered
are classic games such as Darts, Chess, Backgammon and Reversi , as well as
card room favorites Hearts, Spades and Texas Hold 'em.
While the games will initially be offered for play from a single, web-
connected computer, multi-player versions will be launched in early 2006
allowing a community of online gamers to compete against one another and form
gaming leagues with people from all parts of the globe.com.
"Shanda's leadership position and outstanding reputation with China's
online gaming community makes them the ideal partner for introducing Dungeons
+ Dragons Online to China," said Jeffrey Anderson, president and CEO, Turbine,
Inc."
China represents one of the world's largest and fastest-growing markets
for online games, with International Data Corporation, a market research
company, estimating a market valued at $1.

TURBINE and ASHERON'S CALL are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Turbine, Inc.

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Finally, there is a Crossword game to keep puzzle fanatics
hooked for hours. is a premier producer, publisher and operator of online
subscription entertainment and is headquartered in Westwood, Mass.com. The company holds an exclusive patent on trading card games and
their method of play (TCGs) and produces one of the world's best -selling TCGs,
Magic: The Gathering(R) as well as the celebrated Dungeons + Dragons(R)
roleplaying game.S.

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Users can choose from 12 casual online games to play for free

FORT LAUDERDALE , Fla.com, a
leading Internet sports media organization and part of CBS Digital Media,
announced today that they have launched a casual games channel, bringing an
added dimension of enjoyment and community to their flagship web site.com.

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Under the agreement, Shanda will hold the
exclusive rights in China to operate this first and only 3D massively
multiplayer online role playing game, or MMORPG based on the world-renowned
Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast Dungeons + Dragons(R) franchise. Each
user can interact with thousands of others while enjoying the interactive
entertainment content that Shanda provides. Turbine's catalogue includes some of the most
famous online entertainment brands, including Asheron's Call(R), Dungeons +
Dragons(R) Online and The Lord of the Rings Online (TM): Middle-Earth(TM)
Online. is a majority-owned subsidiary
of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext - ISIN: FR-0000052573),
the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information,
visit http://www.S.

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(NYSE: HAS), is a
worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game
categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment
products.wizards.

Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are based on
current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the
companies and the industry.

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