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Flash games specialist XGen has been approved as a Nintendo developer, as it announces it's to bring one of its popular franchises to the WiiWare platform.

Following the release of the latest NPD sales information for the US market's 2007 performance, all three console manufacturers have released statements highlighting their own achievements.

The NPD Group has released its US hardware and software sales data for the month of December, bringing the year's total sales to USD 18 billion

NPD has released its US sales data for December 2007, showing a 28 per cent increase from a year earlier

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for its 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, with BioShock receiving a record 12 nominations including Overall Game of the Year

In a press release touting the company's 2007 performance, Nintendo has announced its Wii and DS software line-up for the first half of 2008

With the post-Christmas lull in new key title releases, the charts across Europe are showing no sign of real change, and Nintendo continues to fill the majority of the top ten chart slots in both Spain and Germany.

The CMP Group, organisers of the annual Game Developers Conference, have announced that Nintendo will be hosting three sessions at this year's event

Nintendo of America has announced the appointment of two sales and marketing executives at the company's new Bay Area office in Redwood City, California

A patent infringement lawsuit was been filed against Nintendo and Sony in the Pennsylvania Western District Court on December 27, 2007

If ending 2007 on a dominant note wasn't enough for Nintendo, the first Japanese software chart of 2008 will be depressing reading for Sony and Microsoft in that territory.

The Nintendo DS capped an excellent year in Japan with a strong flourish in the last two weeks of 2007, with sales of the hardware falling just shy of 500,000 units.

Nintendo's Wii Fit exercise package has sold one million units in Japan, in just over a month on sale.

Electronic Arts has at least one reason to be cheerful heading into 2008, with the news that the best-selling game of 2007 was FIFA 08.

Nintendo platforms ended the year in the same kind of dominant software sales position that they've enjoyed for most of the rest of it as seven of the top ten in the chart in the last week of December were Wii or DS games.

For the second year in a row, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has honoured Nintendo with an Emmy Award for excellence in engineering creativity

Nintendo ended 2007 on a high across mainland Europe, with DS titles topping the Spanish chart and Wii games heading the German list for software sales in the week ending December 30.

Nintendo has rubbished reports that full DS games will soon be available to download via the Wii console.

A combination of continuing global financial uncertainty, concerns over exports, and the weak dollar saw the Tokyo Stock Exchange suffer a 4.5 per cent fall today.

The latest sales charts for Spain and Germany show strong support for the Nintendo platforms, with DS titles Dr Kawashima's Brain Training and More Brain Training coming in the top two in both countries.

GameIndustry's US Editor looks at the coming year

Sales of Sony's PSP have more than doubled in Japan, with the console selling 184,610 units for the week ended December 16, compared to 91,481 units the previous week.

Nintendo of America's president Reggie Fils-Aime says that the demand for the Wii and DS is complicating the company's future business planning

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said the company is unhappy with retailers who sell the Wii console bundled with software to make higher margins.

All the predictions of a bumper Christmas for Nintendo in the UK seem to be proving accurate, with news that its consoles are selling in record numbers.