China’s Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) Games is on a buying spree. Its latest acquisition is of Flash-based game distribution and monetization platform Mochi Media. The company expects the $80 million deal—$60 million in cash, and $20 million in equity retention agreements—to close in Q1. Founded in 2006, S.F.-based Mochi Media raised…

Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) Online, the ad and content-serving arm of Shanda Interactive, has reeled in *Yahoo* alum Dr. Jing Zhu as its new CTO. Zhu spent eight years with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), most recently serving as a senior director of the team that developed its contextual ad-targeting platform; the company…

China’s Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) is adding online video to its growing digital media empire, through the acquisition of user-gen video site Ku6.com. It’s an all-stock deal; Ku6 will keep its name, becoming a subsidiary of Hurray, the mobile content company Shanda bought out this summer. Full financials were not disclosed,…

*Shanda* Games can lay claim to the title of the biggest U.S. IPO so far in 2009—but the gaming company still failed to live up to the tremendous hype around its launch. A spinoff of Shanghai-based Shanda Interactive Entertainment, the newly-public company priced its shares at $12.50 upon opening on…

Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) Games, the online gaming spinoff from the big Chinese portal company, is teaching something to the U.S. companies: it is slated to debut its IPO tomorrow morning on Nasdaq, and expected to raise just over $1 billion in it. This will make it the biggest U.S. IPO…

Shanda Interactive Entertainment (NSDQ: SNDA) , the Chinese digital entertainment company, is following the footsteps of its rival company Sohu (NSDQ: SOHU), and is planning to spin off its gaming unit for an IPO on Nasdaq, the company announced today. The IPO is expected to raise as much as $800…

Three gaming related deals in Asia:—Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has increased its presence in Korea, after buying the mobile gaming arm of Hands-On earlier this year: it has now bought J2MSoft, a Korean developer of PC and online games. J2M develops free-to-play online games that are monetized through micro-transactions and…

Chinese media firm Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) reported Q1 revenue of $111.1 million, a 46.5 percent year-over-year increase. Growth was driven by its core MMO business, which had revenue growth of 54.8 percent to $91.3 million. Net income fell 35 percent in the quarter to $41.2 million, however this was primarily…

Chinese internet firm Shanda (NSDQ: SNDA) has reported Q4 revenue of $97.8 million, up 51.8 percent year-on-year. Net income was up 21.8 percent to $40.1 million. A 59.4 percent rise in MMORPG revenue was a strong contributor to growth. Casual games revenue was up 11.7 percent. The company ended the…