Is there any news about WOG 3.59?

Competition always exists; it even exists between the 3rd and 4th heroes. People play whichever game is better. It's clear to everyone that the developers are on good terms! But even so, everyone first and foremost wants to implement their own ideas. It's good if one doesn't interfere with the other :)

Formally, you are right. For example, a concert by A. Makarevich and a trip to a resort could compete with each other. Audience attention is a limited resource, and naturally, wherever there is a resource limit, competition always arises. But what's important here is that TE is created inextricably from VOG. Thus, some of the innovations in 3.59 are specifically created for TE. That is, TE is effectively a special version of VOG.
You can easily verify that the developers of both VOG and TE are the same people.
Of course, the beginning of TE was not established within the VOG team, but its continuation and active development certainly were.