It seems like everything is heading towards 1.5 becoming another WoG 3.59...
And let's not forget that baratorch is also a team member, and during this time he has created and released simultaneous turn-based gameplay and an alpha version of the online lobby – very complex and significant achievements.
As for WoG 3.59, its alpha version has been released for a long time (although much more time has passed from the release of WoG 3.58f to the release of this alpha than from the release of HotA 1.4.2 to the present). It just doesn't have anything fundamentally new to interest many people, and besides, it is not compatible with the HD mod.