Hi evoked22,

In the meantime we have progressed a lot. Our current alpha build version is 0.2.9: https://forum.nemcoin.com/index.php?topic=2382.0 and beta is approaching really quick. If everything goes well, official launch should be sometime at the end of October.

Please check the official NEM thread for more info: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=654845.0

Cheers