Codemasters has reported the results from the most successful period in its 22-year history. According to the NPD Group the past 12 months Codemasters increased sales by 38% to $149million, with a 332% increase in sales of video game software in the US.

WoW: Wrath of the Lich King will open the forbidding wasteland of Northrend to exploration by the hardiest adventurers. New levels of power, challenging new dungeons and encounters, an exciting new character profession, and the game’s first hero class are just some of the new features awaiting players in Wrath of the Lich King.

Today Nintendo added yet another 3 classic games to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet access can redeem Wii Points to download the following titles: Wrecking Crew, Sonic 3D Blast, and Super Air Zonk.

Ubisoft will release a new Silent Hunter IV: Wolves of the Pacific add-on pack, U-Boat Missions, which will allow players to prowl the Indian Ocean as the captain of a German submarine.

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Unreal Tournament 3 (PC)
• Star Trek: Conquest (PS2/Wii)
• Mario Party DS (NDS)
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
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Two Worlds is an RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. The 566MB demo offers a portion of Two Worlds' single-player map to explore, complete with numerous quests to solve and monsters to battle. Zuxxezz has released a v1.6 patch for both the PC and X360 version (on Xbox Live).

NCAA March Madness 08 captures the intensity and atmosphere found in authentic college basketball arenas and your players will rise to the occasion or wilt under the pressure.

Matrix Games and Advanced Gaming Systems are excited to announce Larry Bond’s Harpoon: Commanders Edition. Sporting plenty of improvements to the AI and modeling system, Harpoon – Commanders Edition takes the enormous success of the original Harpoon series and adds plenty improvements and tweaks!

Nobilis' new historical wargame brings back to life the greatest battles and lets you write your own History. Napoleon's Campaigns is a unique concept from AGEOD, the original designer of Europa Universalis, Pax Romana, Grandes Invasions, Birth of America and American Civil War.

Rail Simulator will offer the opportunity for players to take charge of steam, diesel and electric trains on real routes in the UK and Germany. Challenging and fun gameplay will even enable players to design their own ideal journey routes. This demo includes a tutorial and Black 5 running out of Bath Green Park, heading to Radstock.

In Windchaser, start-up studio Chimera Entertainment's first real-time tactical game, you assume leadership of one of Ensai’s guilds and take command of one of the mighty sailing ships that serve as mobile headquarters.

While other FPS titles claim to feature action-packed, highly realistic gameplay, BlackSite: Area 51 takes next-gen gaming to an all-new level integrating cutting edge technology, game design and story writing to create the ultimate entertainment experience. This v1.1 patch improves multi-language support, overall game performance and the usual bug/crash fixes.

World in Conflict is an RTS that delivers action and coordinated team play amidst a showdown between the Soviet Union and the US, with completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer. Massive has released the v1.003 patch, mainly adds balancing, big fixes and multiplayer features.

Soldier of Fortune Payback continues with the organization know as The Shop where players take on the role of a hired mercenary, blasting their way through high intensity combat situations. This v1.1 patch fixes the Windows Vista issues and display problems.

Atlus USA has obtained the North American publishing rights for Spectral Force 3, which was revealed last year. The first of the series to land in the Western hemisphere, Spectral Force 3 delivers challenging strategy RPG gameplay, a classic fantasy story, and tons of character and item customization options.

The weapon-based fighting game franchise has been reinvented as Namco Bandai announced Soulcalibur Legends exclusively for the Wii, fully immersing players in a 3rd person action adventure that takes a unique approach to the series by truly utilizing the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.

While the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray war is still waging, HD DVD has made progress today, as one of its main drawbacks, capacity, may have been overcome. At the 40th Steering Committee Meeting, Toshiba's latest triple-layer HD DVD ROM, which expands its capacity from 17GB up to 51GB, has been approved bringing it on par with Sony's dual-layer Blu-ray Disc. The new disc supports several file systems, like ISO 9660 and Universal Disk Format (UDF) and plays in current DVD players, while production cost remains virtually the same (thx TeamXbox).

CoD 4: Modern Warfare is a new action-thriller that will arm gamers with the most advanced and powerful arsenal of modern day firepower to fight a new war in the world’s most treacherous hot spots. Infinity Ward is working on the first patch for the Xbox 360 version of the game, adding new features, optimizing, tweaking and fixing bugs.

Based on the animated TV series, One Piece: Unlimited Adventure, makes its exclusive debut on the Wii. Join Captain Monkey D. Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates as they embark on a search for the ultimate treasure in this all new original quest.

Atlus has obtained the North American rights for Operation Darkness, an epic fantasy WWII turn-based strategy game from Metal Saga developers Success. Set during WW2 you are part of an special ops team tasked with tracking down Hitler, featuring multiple scenarios, mixing historical events with fiction.