CDV USA announced that North American version of its space adventure title DarkStar One has gone gold today, and will ship to retail on August 14, 2006.

City of Heroes/Villains developer Cryptic Studios announced today that the company is actively searching for new talent to join their development team.

Gamers can try their luck at more than 20 different casino games, including table games, machine games, poker rooms and sports bets, while experiencing high-stakes areas, invitation-only tournaments and many unlockable upgrades for your highly customizable character.

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:

• CivCity: Rome (PC)
• Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords (PC)
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Left Behind Games is integrating links to the iTunes Music Store into the upcoming title, Left Behind: Eternal Forces, allowing gamers to easily navigate to the store and purchase music they hear during gameplay.

UK developer Viperante announce its new adventure game, Restless, a dark, intense, suspenseful, and fright filled experience that begins with a former criminal defense attorney’s investigation into the disappearance of a young woman.

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War is a detailed RTS game letting you completely command one of the four mightiest empires of the ancient world: Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Persia. This patch brings your UK retail game to v1.12 and addresses a mouse issue, network traffic, and the usual bug and crash fixes.

Pac-Man World Rally is an original kart racing game that puts players behind the wheel as Pac-Man or one of 14 other classic Namco characters racing for the checkered flag while using unique power-ups and items to prevent their opponents from claiming victory.

Galactic Civilizations II takes place in the distant future, when mankind has become a space-faring civilization and must contend with other extraterrestrial powers for domination of the galaxy. Stardock has released a v1.2 retail patch, which includes a few more updates and corrections. This updated version now support the French edition of the game (thanks Patches).

Pre-order Test Drive Unlimited for the X360, and automatically receive an exclusive in-game Lamborghini Gallardo Coupe download and enter the "Lifestyle Without Limits Sweepstakes," offering consumers the chance to win the a Lamborghini, a trip to Hawaii, a $5,000 Ben Sherman shopping spree or several other key prizes.