September 17, 2010 (FinancialWire) (Go to http://www.financialwire.net/?s=ftrdnwswnd for all of today’s featured news.) — Shanda Games Ltd. (NASDAQ: GAME) and Japan-based Square Enix Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd., said they have formed a strategic partnership to leverage Square Enix's game content with Shanda Games' experience as an online game developer, publisher, and operator in mainland China.

According to the companies, the partnership starts with an exclusive license in mainland China to Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV, a massively multi-player online role-playing game and the latest installment of the Final Fantasy franchise.

Square Enix Group has identified globalization as one of its key strategic initiatives and has been developing and offering entertainment content derived from its global network based in Japan, North America and Europe.

China-based Shanda Games is an online game developer, operator and publisher in China.

Japan-based Square Enix develops, publishes and distributes entertainment content including interactive entertainment software and publications in Asia, North America and Europe.

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