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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><itunes:title>Massively Speaking</itunes:title><itunes:author>Joystiq</itunes:author><itunes:image href="%BlogURL%/media/feedlogo.gif" /><itunes:summary>Massively Speaking</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Games &amp; Hobbies"><itunes:category text="Video Games" /></itunes:category><item><title><![CDATA[Megapublisher Shandra sees 66% profit increase]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/28/megapublisher-shandra-sees-66-profit-increase/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/28/megapublisher-shandra-sees-66-profit-increase/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/28/megapublisher-shandra-sees-66-profit-increase/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/aion/" rel="tag">Aion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/dungeons-and-dragons-online/" rel="tag">Dungeons and Dragons Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/legend-of-mir-the-three-heroes/" rel="tag">Legend of Mir: The Three Heroes</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/maplestory/" rel="tag">MapleStory</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/ragnarok-online/" rel="tag">Ragnarok Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.legendofmir.net/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2007/11/mir.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/china"></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/shandra">Shandra Interactive Entertainment,</a> the <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/china">Chinese</a> operator of <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/maplestory"><em>MapleStory</em>,</a> <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/dungeons-and-dragons-online"><em>Dungeons &amp; Dragons Online</em>,</a> <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/legend-of-mir-the-three-heroes"><em>The Legend of Mir</em>,</a> and the positively ginormous <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/ragnarok-online"><em>Ragnarok Online</em></a> let the world know that its profits for Q3 2007 <a href="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=31034">are up 66% vs. last year</a> and that it is expecting further growth in coming months.<br /><br />Shandra is the biggest publisher of online games in the Chinese market, and recently <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/21/gamasutras-china-angle-reports-on-the9-giant-interactive-nc/">reached an agreement</a> with <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/ncsoft">NCsoft</a> by which NCsoft will distribute its new title <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/aion"><em>AION</em></a> in China through Shandra instead of its old partner in the region, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/sina">Sina</a> (in which Shandra ironically holds a 20% stake).<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/28/megapublisher-shandra-sees-66-profit-increase/">Megapublisher Shandra sees 66% profit increase</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=31034>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/28/megapublisher-shandra-sees-66-profit-increase/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1050339/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/28/megapublisher-shandra-sees-66-profit-increase/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>asia</category><category>business</category><category>china</category><category>ddo</category><category>dungeons-and-dragons-online</category><category>financial</category><category>legends-of-mir</category><category>legends-of-mir-2</category><category>legends-of-mir-ii</category><category>maplestory</category><category>mmo-industry</category><category>ncsoft</category><category>profits</category><category>quarterly</category><category>ragnarok-online</category><category>shandra</category><category>sina</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Axon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
