Black Bean Games' SBK-07: Superbike World Championship edges closer to the starting line with the announcement of a distributor and a release date. SBK-07 will be distributed by UK-based Koch media (guess this makes it a Euro release first), and is now also being developed by Black Bean for the PC and Xbox 360 as well as the PSP and PS2.

You already know that this game's got the backing of FG Sport, who's in charge of the real-world Superbike World Championship. You've also seen the PSP "work in progress" screenshots. No new assets to go with Black Bean's and Koch's announcements today, though, especially for the 360 and PC versions of the game. Guess work is still in progress. We'll get new info on the game to you as we find it.

If you've wanted to bring the raw power of a superbike from where it usually is (where is a bike in relation to you, after all?) and into your pocket, come next year, developer Milestone and Lago/Black Bean will make that opportunity available for PSPs next year with the 2007 installment of the SBK series of bike racers.

More to that, SBK '07: Superbike World Championship earns the backing of FG Sport, promoter and organizer of the real-world Superbike World Championship. Namco Bandai's MotoGP may have some added racing competition next year. We'll see if and when Milestone or Lago/Black Bean releases more details of this game.

In any case, here are some PSP screenshots of SBK '07. And it's still a "Work in Progress," there are bound to be refinements to these in the future. SBK '07 also comes out for the current-gen PS2.