The UFO Afterlight Website now offers new patches to update the various editions of ALTAR Games' UFO strategy game to version 1.5. The patch notes outline what's new and different after the update (thanks The Patches Scrolls). On a related note, Topware Interactive announces that the North American edition of the game, which was already available digitally via Dieter's Sprocket Website, is gold, and due in stores on May 1:

UFO Afterlight goes Gold

+++ The North American version of UFO Afterlight is set to land on 5/1+++

Las Vegas, 13th April 2007 – Topware Interactive is proud to announce that UFO Afterlight has officially gone gold today.

All Earthlings will now have a chance to help our fellow comrades on Mars through a mixture of advanced tactics, strategy, fighting, and diplomacy. You can still give the game a test drive by downloading the demo from www.topware.com.

“We can not be more pleased at how this product is being received by the press and gaming community” says James Seaman “It has literally sky rocketed up the ratings chart into a top 15 position for PC games!”