Lightwave 2018 is out since 2018-01-01, there is a 30 day free trial https://www.lightwave3d.com/try_lightwave/ Full commercial version is 995$, upgrade from any older version is 295$, educational new 195, educational upgrade 95. New render engine, among other news: http://static.lightwave3d.com/marketing/lightwave_2018/release/index.html