Prepare to bring umbrellas and get ready to dive behind splash-protectors – Codemasters is bringing incredible torrential rain to Los Angeles for this year’s E3 exhibition. Be the first to get a soaking when Colin McRae Rally 3 is unleashed for the first time, complete with its incredible weather effects [E3, Codemasters booth #1168, South Hall, from Wednesday 22nd May].

Codemasters today announce a blockbuster lineup of powerful games that will be showcased at this year’s E3 Expo in Los Angeles. Showing at Booth #1168 in South Hall, Codemasters’ highlights include the ‘must be seen to be believed’ Dragon Empires (PC/online), and the unveiling of Colin McRae Rally 3 (PS2, Xbox).

In the build up to the launch of Dragon Empires' Beta Test programme in July, the game's design is evolving thanks to the input, suggestions and feedback coming through from the game's forum users and its growing online community.

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Gavin Raeburn, Codemasters’ Studio Head today confirms a dramatic departure for his studio’s next development project and his intention to shake up the “predictable” first-person action game market with Shoot to Kill: Colombian Crackdown.

As work ramps up on the latest incarnation of the 4.6 million selling Colin McRae Rally series, the eponymous hero paid a recent visit to the team at Codemasters to catch up on the latest developments. The most widely anticipated rally game this year gives players one simple instruction: You are Colin McRae... and the gameplay challenge has the player taking on the role of McRae as he's given a 3 year contract to win a series of championships for Ford Rallye Sport.

Tiscali Games send over a notice that codemaster updated their upcoming titles releases-list, revealing for the first time Operation Flashpoint Expansion Pack, which will be developed by Bohemia Interactive (unlike first add-on Red Hammer done by Codemasters). Check out the complete list of all Codemasters games for PC/PS2/Xbox and their release dates here.

The central hub of Codemasters’ web presence has received a major overhaul with an advanced and enhanced site. An innovative attraction of the site is "Code M", Codemasters’ new privileged subscriber community – and membership is free.

Codemasters has secured the worldwide publishing rights to The Bitmap Brothers’ new real-time action strategy game development project entitled World War II: D-Day to Berlin. Scheduled as a priority PC title for Q3 2002, World War II: D-Day to Berlin is set to capture the heroism of World War II’s most significant battles. As Commander of the Allied Forces, the game will see players attempting to drive the Axis forces deep back inside their own territory

Keeping players posted on the pitch and punches on two of its high profile sports games for 2002, Codemasters has launched online micro sites for both "Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing" (PlayStation 2, Xbox) and "LMA Manager 2002" (PlayStation 2).

Codemasters today confirms it has secured the global publishing rights (except Scandinavia) to IGI 2, the sequel to the winner of last year's PC Zone "Best First-Person Shooter" award. Innerloop Studios AS, the Oslo-based team that created the original, is developing the game and for the first time will include support for intense team-based multiplayer action.

Codemasters, one of the world’s leading video game developers and publishers, today gives the Xbox a massive vote of confidence as it confirms four blockbuster titles for the console.

Codemasters today reveals one of its most tightly guarded development projects - the creation an online fantasy world that will raise the bar in persistent-world gaming. Lead a clan to rule the world as Codemasters confirms groundbreaking persistent world game - Dragon Empires.

They're Codemasters' top of the pops, they're the games that make the incredible line up for the new "Codemasters' Best Sellers" range launching on PC on October 12th.

Video game pirates are about to be snookered as Codemasters confirms that it has engineered a PlayStation 2 variant of its successful anti-counterfeiting FADE technology.

Interactive entertainment company Infogrames, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with UK-based game publisher, Codemasters. Under the terms of the one-year deal, Infogrames will be the sole distributor of Codemasters’ interactive entertainment titles throughout North America.

Codemasters completely redefines the racing genre with the upcoming 2002 release of Pro Race Driver, a story driven racing game for the PC CD-ROM and other next-generation platforms. Being developed by Codemasters, Pro Race Driver is the next evolution of the 1999 smash-hit Touring Car Challenge.

Codemasters is trying to protect Operation Flashpoint against pirates. Read full story below!