Glad you're enthusiastic, but that announcement dates from August 2008. SJ Games has announced its release schedule through October 2009 & Heavy Gear is not on it, so maybe you'll get lucky in 2010. Yeah, they could release Heavy Gear in November or December, but my gut tells me they'll aim for an Origins or Gen-Con release if and when they get it finished. On the other hand SJ Games is primarily a board & card game company these days so I have my doubts Heavy Gear the SJG edition will ever see the light of day. I mean, they do what, four GURPS products a year? They're certainly not going to do more for Heavy Gear than for GURPS. I could be wrong, certainly hope so, but I'm not betting that way. Actually I think doing a GURPS 4e version of Heavy Gear would have been a better move than a new edition of the SilCore system, but what do I know? Really, considering Munchkin, Chez Geek, and boardgames like Revolution are SJG's biggest sellers, I'm not sure why they bother with any RPG material anymore, aside from nostalgia for their origins as an RPG publisher. But then I've got a ton of 1e & 2e Heavy Gear stuff so I can afford to be cynical rather than optimistic.
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