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.

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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Become Mario as he traverses a galaxy of gravities, traveling in and out of gravitational fields by blasting from planet to planet. Players experience dizzying perspective shifts as they run upside down through wild alien worlds that need to be seen to be believed.

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!

Players will embark on a global quest to overcome an evil threat, by controlling Spider-Man and one of numerous Super Hero or Super Villain sidekicks, as they master unique fighting moves and styles while switching between characters to execute team combos and defeat foes.

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.

Brain Assist is a game designed to exercise the brain while still keeping things fun. Derived from Touch de Uno!, the classic Japanese arcade game, Brain Assist is easy to pick up and play, and is filled with a variety of mini-games to test gamers' mental ability. Sega of America Producer Keith Dwyer tells us more ...

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 hotspots.

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.

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.

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.

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is the long awaited sequel to the NiGHTS franchise that gave gamers the freedom to fly in a world of dreams and imagination.

SEGA's Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity is a fast-paced new Sonic racing game created by Sonic team that takes Sonic into never-before seen worlds with edge-of-your-seat racing intensity and all-new gravity controlling moves.

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:

• Beowulf (PSP/PS3/X360/PC)
• Next Life (PC)
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Ghost Squad for the Wii adds a number of new platform-specific gameplay modes and uses the Wiimote as a multi-purpose tool that allows players to easily control the targeting of on-screen enemies, defuse bombs, and rescue hostages.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Frontlines: Fuel of War [PS3/X360/PC] - Drones Trailer
• Runaway: the Dream of the Turtle [NDS] - Trailer #2 [French]
• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune [PS3] - Inside Naughty Dog Trailer
• America's Army: True Soldiers [X360] - Launch Trailer
• Sins of A Solar Empire [PC] - Beta 4 Gameplay Trailer
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Harvest Moon meets SimCity in John Deere: Harvest in the Heartland, a “hands-on” real-time farming game for the Nintendo DS. The core play mechanic is “Sculpt the Heartland” – Craft virgin soil into a profitable, prize winning, and picturesque farm.

In Bomberman Live players guide their unique Bomberman around a grid-like arena, avoiding opponents and their bombs while attempting to bomb the competition. A free title update is now available addressing issues some players have experienced and tweaks other aspects.

Mass Effect is a science-fiction action-RPG created by BioWare, previously known for Jade Empire, KotoR and Neverwinter Nights. Mass Effect will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity. Early this week we reported that Singapore's ratings bureau had banned Mass Effect due to the controversial lesbian sex scene, but that has now been revoked, and Bioware's action/RPG received an M18 classification instead.

UK Book, DVD, music and games retailer Play.com announce a brand new consumer gaming, entertainment and lifestyle show, Play.com Live, to be hosted at Wembley Stadium in March 2008.

He is the world's most popular astronaut, more famous than Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin or John Glenn. Now, for the first time, the fictional hero will appear in his own adventure.

Stranger combines epic RPG with some of the best elements of RTS. Empire has released the first patch, improving performance, and fixing graphical issues.