И ещё в догонку от него же:

"The price of SB Pro PE will be announced when our web shop opens. Chances are that we will also offer a noticeable discount for preorders.

Right now, we have a great engine, but not a great game - at least not for the average computer gamer.
We could delay SB2 longer and longer while we continue working on SB Pro, offering nothing to the general public or even our most faithful fans while shifting the deadline again and again.

Instead, with SB Pro PE we offer "the naked engine", and we'll offer it this autumn. No compromises. No shiftig of release dates. This will be it.
Once that we have SB Pro out the door, we can then concentrate on refining the engine to make it a really good game - or focus on more SB Pro customization deals, if they appear more promising for us (for whatever reason). But in any case, you as our most enthusiastic fan base will still get your paws on a better version of SB.

You now have the choice: Get a copy of the engine this year, or wait for an even better version some time in 2005. Given our development capacity and manpower, there is no way that we could pay as much attention to the refinement of SB2 while still working on SB Pro as our own standards demand."


То есть похоже SB2 ожидается только в 2005. И похоже SB Pro PE таки пойдет в народ (который о ней узнает.. а ещё лучше - оформит pre-order, ибо потом цена по слухам будет 100-200уе). Когда - этой весной (или как е-магазин к сайту прикрутят).

Упреждая вопросы "из танка", SB Pro PE - это недоделанный SB2 плюс некие (но не все) профессиональные штучки.

Табличка сравнений - http://www.esimgames.com/comparison.htm

Системные требования (предв.):
1.0 (2.0) GHz CPU
256 (512) MB RAM
64 (128) MB, DirectX9-Capable Graphics Accelerator (GeForce 3 class or better)
1.6 GB available hard disk space
Mouse , CD-ROM
Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP installed. (Steel Beasts will NOT run on Windows NT.)
Microsoft DirectX version 9.0 (or better) installed