Didn't they say something like "very likely to sign" sometime last summer? As far as I know, they never posted an update on this, so it's unclear if the signing actually happened.

They said do, and they did say later on a conference that they were going to announce they've just signed another one, they had papers on the desk, and then something went wrong, so they are sorry and they have to work a little bit more on this one.

About current new publisher (which I don't know if it the same) they said they signed the deal already.

Hm, I was hoping for System Shock, myself, but there's no point in being a sore loser.

It's good that GOG got this game. Another gap has been closed. :)