It'll be ready, soon
The Wastes is getting closer to release. It'll happen very, very soon.
We'll announce a release-date once we've got a build ready that'll 100% satisfy all of us. Right now all there's left to complete is testing, polish and some more testing.
There are a bunch of things we wanted to do, that we will happily work on
once 1.0 ships. An array of not just maps, but also weapons and new player models.
However, with so much content in the game, we have to prioritize what to work on based on what the players like the most. I hope that's understandable.
--Marco