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30 million Wiis sold in US, Wii Play top game

Controller pack-in reigns supreme on console as Nintendo releases separate top 10 US sales lists for first, third party games; Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit take silver and bronze.

Nintendo throwing Wii Party, 160 million Miis made

Nintendo's first first-party party game in three years will be Mii-based and feature a "Living Party" mode; Mario Party 8 sells 7.6 million.

360 GTAIV most-rented game of '08

Rockstar's crime-spree sim tops Rentrak's annual rental top 10, which sports seven 360 games and three Wii games; PS3 MIA.

Nintendo announces record sales

Publisher's profits up nearly 50% on sales of $16.2 billion as Wii sells 18.6 million, DS shifts 30 million for the 2008 fiscal year.

Wii sells 5 million in Japan

Nintendo has even more reason to be cheerful as Famitsu reveals the latest sales figures for its home country.

NPD: 2007 game earnings nearly $18 billion, Halo 3 sells 4.82 million

Annual tally sees non-PC revenue rise 43 percent to new record; massive Wii, 360, PS3 sales see December top $4.8 billion; Call of Duty 4, Wii Play, Super Mario Galaxy ...

Nintendo's six-month sales, profit double

Game giant takes $1.16 billion profit as Wii installed base surpasses 13 million worldwide; international sales of DS near 54 million.

NPD: July sees PS3 overtake 360 in Canada

Game-industry sales surge 62 percent north of the border, thanks to post-price-cut surge of Sony console; Wii, DS still dominate.

Aussie game charts: July 30-August 5

Mario continues his reign over the charts down under.

Aussie game charts: July 22-July 29

Mario Party 8 claims the top spot.

Nintendo starts fiscal year off with a bang

First quarter results put the company's good fortunes in perspective as sales double, profits quintuple.

NPD: US game industry grows 31 percent in June

Software shows modest year-over-year growth compared to soaring console hardware and accessory revenues.

Wii widens Canadian sales gap

June game industry sales up 60 percent in the Great White North according to NPD; Nintendo's latest handily tops next-gen rivals.

AU Shippin' Out July 17-20: Mario Party and Scarface

"Say hello to my little friend."

NPD: May game sales top $815 million

Industry-wide sales surge 49 percent; consoles up nearly 80 percent, software up 33 percent.

Analysts expect May sales rebound

Pacific Crest's Evan Wilson and Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter tell investors to expect double-digit software sales growth after a bumpy April.

Shippin' Out May 28-June 1: Halo 2 Vista, Forza 2, Shadowrun, Mario Party 8

Microsoft launches Games for Windows Live with a pair of new titles, Turn 10's racer pulls out of the garage, and Nintendo mascot holds annual celebration.

Wii Pokémon, DS browser coming in June

First US Wii game to use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, DS connectivity coming to US; other Nintendo games dated.

Nintendo details Euro Q1 releases

WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Excite Truck, and Star Fox Command all coming to the continent and UK at the start of 2007.