malifaux V2

Justin (the lead designer for Malifaux) has been hitting the podcast circuit hard recently, talking about the Wave 3 Book and a ton of other things.
Synopsis of what has been said so far:
Wave 3 is a Campaign / Progression system book similar to Mordheim, including earning XP and acquiring Injuries. You start with a Henchmen-lead crew, and must earn a Master in play through a Bounty (achievement) system. There is a Guild Scrip system based off VP that lets you upgrade your force, so even if you lose, if you lose with high VP, you're still getting new models. You can only earn 1 Master, and the Campaign is styled to last a set number of weeks. There are day-based and week-based rules, like Carnivorous Plants on Tuesdays.
Gaining Grounds 2015 is set to be released before the 1st of the year. Included will be 5 new Tournament Strategies (which I believe replace the normal Strategies for use in Gaining Grounds. Justin did say these would be fine to play in normal Standard games as well):
Extraction: Turf War but with a moving center marker
Interference: Reconnoiter but only unengaged models count.
Guard the Stash: 2 50mm impassable Stash Markers are deployed on opposite sides of the centerline, more towards the board edges. You must have non-Peon models within 2" to control a Stash Marker. As long as you control 1, you gain a VP.
HeadHunter: Every model killed by an enemy Attack Action drops a Head Marker along with any other markers. Any model can take a (1) Interact in BtB to pickup a Head. A crew picking up 1 or more Heads earns 1 VP at the end of the turn.
Bounty: you earn Bounty points based on the Station of the model you kill. The player with the most Bounty points at the end of the turn earns 1 VP.
The Campaign System is going into Open Beta in early to Mid January alongside the new Avatars!
Wyrd is releasing a two-player starter box of Guild vs Neverborn. It comes with 8 brand new never-before-seen models (evenly split) [1 Henchman, 2 Minions, 1 Enforcer] -> all are Mercenaries and are considered the simplest models, both in assembly and rules, in the game. It also comes with 2 Fate Decks, a ruler, and a Learning Malifaux Scenario booklet that teaches the game rules through playable scenarios. The Starter Models will be in the Wave 3 book as well. It is not known if they will be in the January Open Beta.
As mentioned, the Avatar Beta is starting again in January, now with the Campaign Beta. Early comments by Justin makes it sound like Avatar Upgrades function a lot differently now or might even no longer be Upgrades, but we'll have to wait to see in January (Henchman already know, but they can't say anything.)