Being recreated in Unreal Engine 4. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2015/03/11/descent-reboot-takes-to-kickstarter/1
This is pretty exciting. The Descent series was one of my favorites. But, this is a pretty ambitious game to re-create. I'll have to look into it more before I consider pitching in.
thanks koaschten. it seems like there's never a link to the source (i.e. kickstarter page) in these kickstarter articles...