The next version will get completely new terrain system with streaming (they call it "background zone loading") like Oblivion, Unity3d, QuakeWars and so on. This is the future of game engines. Because of this you have no RAM restrictions and you can port to Consoles more easily.

Here are more forecast features:
http://www.terathon.com/wiki/index.php?title=Official_Roadmap

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