Alas, all good things must come to an end. Such is the case with Sam & Max Season 2, Telltale Games wraps the pair's latest adventure with the release of Episode 5. Wondering What's New with Beelzebub? Head over to our game review to find out!

We're letting the PC gamers know that Electronic Arts has recently release their fourth patch update for SimCity Societies. This update will carry two new disasters and several new bug fixes among its content. A short version of the changelog can be found over in the full article.

Maxis and Electronic Arts will be unleashing another expansion of The Sims 2 among us once again and this time, the Sims will have loads of free time on their hands. So what's there to do? Hobbies and loads of activities. Will your Sims be potters, dancers, or amateur UFO spotters? Find out in The Sims 2: FreeTime.

Check out the details and trailer after the jump.

We don't know who Greg Roberts is, but he's certainly one unlucky guys if he's all alone against a bunch of underwater assassins. In this case, the entire world is at stake, as aliens from beneath the world's oceans rise up in an attempt to subjugate all of earth.

At least, that's the basic premise behind MicroProse's X-COM: Terror from the Deep. It's a strategy game that forces you to take on the hordes beneath the world's oceans to defend human life. While it isn't its well-remembered older brother, X-COM: UFO Defense, it's still a good game from the 20th century.

Don't worry. It's not that archaic. It's just that Valve's Steam content delivery service has opened up X-COM: Terror from the Deep for another round of play with a "Retro" tagline. Until May 11, Steam users can pick up their own copy of the game for a discounted price of US$ 2.45. After that, you'll have to shell out US$ 4.95 to get it. Why not give underwater alien-busting a go, eh?

Strategy gaming has always been enjoyed in two main flavors: Real-time and turn-based. RTS has mostly thrived on the PC platform for a variety of reasons while consoles and handhelds usually got the TBS end of the platter. UFO: Extraterrestrials seeks to deviate from that convention by donning the TBS mantle in the mouse-and-keyboard-driven plane.

We've got 10 smokin' screens of the upcoming sci-fi TBS and they're looking pretty sweet. You play the role of a squad leader in a planet called Esperanza which humans have recently colonized. Unfortunately, hostile alien forces have appeared and are now doing everything to wipe your race's thompsons off the face of that world.

Did those screens leave you itching for more? We can help you with that. Just follow the jump and see more of them.

Tri Synergy have just announced that UFO: Extraterrestrials has finally reached gold status. No, that doesn't mean it's gotten more than a million units sold. Reaching gold status, in the context of the video games industry, means that the game has reached its final version and is now ready for mass production.

UFO: Extraterrestrial is a turn-based RTS game set on the distant planet Esperanza in 2025. There's no one correct way to approach any tactical situation, giving players a lot of leeway on how they decide to handle a particular situation.

Couple that level of freedom with weapon and technology advancement at the player's home base that allow for new and improved weapons, armor, and vehicles, and both tactical and strategy fans alike -- especially those who loved the original XCOM -- will be sure to find a great gaming experience in this title.

It's currently slated for digital distribution on May 1 through Matrix Games. A retail store release will follow on the second week of May.

If you want to play creator in your own little world, then Spore is the game for you. From primordial sludge, err - unicellular creatures to your very own creature.

Will Wright from Maxis looks like he's created another Sims, only bigger. At the South by Southwest (SXSW - an interactive festival held annually at Austin, Texas), Wright gave a keynote and showed a demo of Spore. The shaky footage shows how creatures are made, how NOT to eat something that's bigger than you are, and how to create (or destroy) your own virtual world with a little help from a laser mounted on a UFO.

Anyway, we hope to see more of Spore as it's shaping up to be another uber-addicting title from the Sims master. Watch the video as there are some interesting bits there - including Wright's creatures getting gobbled up and mangled by bigger things. Enjoy!

There's much to expect in terms of gaming this week, and it doesn't have to start with  Sony Computer Entertainment America's (SCEA) God of War II, which will be making headway to the PlayStation 2 this March 13. For the PSP owners, we're happy to announce the upcoming release of Activision's Call of Duty: Roads to Victory WWII FPS. Lastly PC, DS, and Wii owners will be receiving Ubisoft's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on March 13.

Of course, that's just the tip of the iceberg for this week's releases - feel free to browse the list for the other upcoming hotness for this week of March.

PSP:

• March 13: Call of Duty: Roads to Victory (Activision)
  

Wii:

• March 13: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Ubisoft)
  

Nintendo DS:

• March 13: TMNT (Ubisoft)
• March 13: QuickSpot (Namco Bandai)
• March 15: Spectrobes (Disney Interactive Studios)

PlayStation 3:

• March 13: College Hoops 2K7 (2K Sports)
  
• March 15: Mortal Kombat II (Sony Online Entertainment)

Xbox 360:

• March 13: Call of Duty 3 Gold (Activision)
  

PC:

• March 12: Runaway 2: Dream of the Turtle (Focus Home Interactive)
• March 13: IL-2 Sturmovik:1946 (Ubisoft)
• March 13: Ancient Wars: Sparta (Playlogic)
• March 13: TMNT (Ubisoft)
• March 15: Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific (Ubisoft)
• March 15: FreeStyle Street Basketball (Sierra)
• March 16: UFO: Extraterrestrials (Tri Synergy)

You don't need to believe in the whole UFO-Roswell hullabaloo for you be able to appreciate Tri Synergy's upcoming 3D tactical/strategy game for the PC, UFO: Extraterrestrials. And in that same light, you need not argue with random space helmet-wearing people about the existence of UFOs to convince them that the game is promising.

Take for example Chaos Concept (the folks tasked with developing the game), they need not engage in long discussions to persuade PC gamers to buy their game. All they have to do is show the game's beauty by releasing some sweet looking screens. And whaddya know, that's exactly what they did!

In our hands right now is a brand new batch of screens for UFO: Extraterrestrials, and I don't know about you guys but I say they look so good, they really do seem other-worldly. And with loads of cool features like Weapon and Technology Advancement, a UFOPEDIA, etc., it seems likewaiting a little bit more for the game will be well worth it in the end.

So as we count down the days 'til March 16, have a fill of these screens, why don'tcha?

Other-worldy screens await in the full article!

Playfuls has posted a few updates regarding UFO: Extraterrestrials and UFO: Afterlight. UFO: Extraterrestrials, whose 2005 launch was hampered time and again by unexplained delays, is currently listed for a February 28 release date on the game's official website. Playfuls reports, however, that publisher Tri Synergy has revealed that it's actually due out on March 16.

Playfuls also reports that according to IDEA Games, Altar Games' tactical strategy title UFO: Afterlight will also be made available online on February 26 through the Sproket website. The game has already been out in Europe for a couple of weeks now, but this should give those who haven't bought a copy yet an easier way to get one.

According to Playfuls, the previous two installments in the series - UFO: Aftermath and UFO: Aftershock - are also available for €9.90 and €19.90 respectively.