I don't see another announcement for it, so here we go:

Fantasy Flight has announced the new version of Descent on their site:

[URL="http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=176&enmi=Descent:%20Journey s%20in%20the%20Dark%20Second%20Edition"]http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=176&enmi=Descent:%20Journey s%20in%20the%20Dark%20Second%20Edition[/URL]

At least the images on the site (not to be trusted IMO) seem to show the figures are a little better than Descent 1.