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Unlikely this year, but end of net year or sometime the year after.

By typical estimates, we're about halfway through V4's lifespan, if not passing over it or already passed by it. So we're about 40%-60% done with V4. Next year if V4 continues, we'll be entering the late game V4's which tend to meet a lukewarm reception as their late to the party. Though to be fair, the worst case situation is always the vocals that end up being released about a month or two around the announcement of the net engine version. So far the only gap to prevent such a case was in V2, and VY2 was a few months later then expected.

So... Expect about 2019 approx... Though with a new guy at the helm this time round, the rough estimation could end up wrong this time. What tends to happen around the time of release is expected releases suddenly get delayed or put off, as Luka V3 was and Ruby. However, the studios don't really say anything of what their up to, they just keep things turning quietly without making announcements.

Though we did have a blunder in V4 as one month prior PowerFX let the cat out of the bag...XD