Grapevine, Texas - GameStop, the large video game retail store chain, announced on Wednesday that it has renewed its sponsorship of Major League Gaming, a pro video gamers league, through the 2008 season. Separately, GameStop announced plans to host its own video game tournaments for Nintendo's "Pokemon" titles for the DS. The Pokemon Battle Revolution tournaments will be held at 1,000 U.S. GameStop and EB Games locations on July 21.

Redmond, Wash. - Nintendo of America on Monday shipped "Pokemon Battle Revolution" for the Wii console -- the first Pokemon title for the device -- as well as the first online Wii game in the Americas, and the first Wii game to wirelessly link to the Nintendo DS and let players use the handheld systems as Wii controllers. The game will utilize the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service to connect players for online play

New York - U.S. video game sales rose 49% in May, to $815 million, spurred by sales of Nintendo's DS handheld, Wii console and "Pokemon" game franchise, according to various reports that cited sales data from market research firm NPD Group.

San Francisco - Spurred by continued strong sales of Nintendo's Wii and DS systems, U.S. video game sales were up 20% in April from the same period a year ago, Reuters reported, citing industry sales data compiled by market research firm NPD Group.

Los Angeles - Nintendo has announced that U.S. pre-orders for its forthcoming "Pokemon Diamond" and "Pokemon Pearl" games for the DS handheld system have topped 533,000, and are already expected to be two of the top-selling titles overall for 2007.

Redmond, Wash. - Nintendo announced on Thursday that it plans to release two new titles in its Pokemon franchise, "Pokemon Diamond Version" and "Pokemon Pearl Version," on April 22 for the Nintendo DS. Nintendo said that it shipped a combined 5 million units of the two titles to retailers in Japan during their first three months of release, adding that over 155 million Pokemon games have been sold worldwide.