Release This: Civilization V, Final Fantasy XIV Debut Worldwide

Gamasutra's regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, "Release This!", takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in a custom compiled list. This week brings Civilization V and Final Fantasy XIV to PC platforms worldwide, while Europe gets an early look at Dead Rising 2. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending September 25th, 2010. Games Released in the United States: Nintendo Wii: - Club Penguin: Game Day! - Gormiti: The Lords of Nature! - New Carnival Games - Swords - Zany Golf Xbox 360: - DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue (online) - F1 2010 - Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter (online) PlayStation 3: - F1 2010 - High Velocity Bowling - Planet Minigolf: Stronghold Island (online) - Sonic Adventure (online) Nintendo DS: - Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City - Farm Frenzy: Animal Country - Florist Shop - Gormiti: The Lords of Nature! - Jewels of Tropical Lost Island - Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy - New Carnival Games - Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue PlayStation Portable: - Cladun: This is an RPG (online) PC: - Darksiders - F1 2010 - Final Fantasy XIV Online - Patrician IV - Sid Meier's Civilization V - World Golf 2011 Sid Meier's Civilization V and Final Fantasy XIV are set to premiere in North America this week, arriving alongside multiplatform offerings like Codemasters' racing sim F1 2010 and 2K's minigame compilation sequel New Carnival Games. The Nintendo DS will host a new entry in Atlus's Etrian Odyssey series, as PSP owners get NIS America's retro-styled dungeon crawler Cladun: This is an RPG. Games Released in Europe: Nintendo Wii: - Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Club Penguin: Game Day! - Junior Fitness Trainer - Trackmania Turbo Xbox 360: - Dead Rising 2 - F1 2010 PlayStation 3: - Dead Rising 2 - F1 2010 Nintendo DS: - Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow - Face Training - Jewels of the Tropical Lost Island - Trackmania Turbo PlayStation Portable: - Ace Combat: Joint Assault PC: - Darksiders - Dead Rising 2 - Demolition Company - F1 2010 - Final Fantasy XIV Online - Sid Meier's Civilization V Capcom's anticipated survival horror sequel Dead Rising 2 gets an early release in Europe this week. The UK will additionally see WayForward's multiplatform Batman: The Brave and the Bold and the English-language debut of Nintendo's educational title Face Training. Games Released in Japan: Xbox 360: - Singularity PlayStation 3: - Singularity - Winning Post 7 2010 Nintendo DS: - Ginga Tetsudou 999 DS - Jaka Jaka Music! - Shanghai DS2 PlayStation Portable: - Durarara!! 3-way Standoff - Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou - Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Ryouran * Sangokushi Engi - Wu-Hen - Winning Post 7 2010 Koei's horse racing sim sequel Winning Post 7 2010 and a localization of Activision's Singularity comprise the entirety of Japan's console lineup this week. PSP owners will get Sega's Yakuza series spinoff Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou, along with a port of Yeti's visual novel Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Ryouran * Sangokushi Engi.