UFO Aftershock, the mixture of squad based tactical action and global strategy developed by ALTAR Interactive, has reached Gold status and will be released on October 21st, Cenega Publishing announced. The sequel to UFO: Aftermath follows directly from one of the endings of the first title, where the player agrees to hand over the Earth to the Alien scientists, who are trying to change the planet into a giant living organism. The Council of Earth and their followers take refuge on an orbiting satellite prepared for them by the aliens, but not all the survivors of the original invasion where re-located. Be sure to check the E3 2005 trailer if you haven't done so already.