Hello @NeoBuzantinos,
Unfortunately, I do not have a release date for you. What I can only say "is when it's done". You can indeed try out A24 pretty easily if you are on windows. If you want help let me know. It's a dev version though, so expect bugs.
On windows you can use Tortoise SVN. You can see that as some sort of auto-updater. Then you can follow the images here
If you'd like an opportunity to discuss this with us or need help you can use https://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=0ad-dev to ask question. If you want to come meet us, some of use will be at FOSDEM in Bruxelles in February.