Lightwave 9.6.1 was released from beta program and can now be downloaded by all LW9 license holders and will use your standard LW9 License code.   The biggest difference between 9.6 and 9.6.1 is that there is a 64-bit version available for the Mac.   The announcement was made in an existing thread in the open beta section of Newtek’s forums on June 8, 2011. The build number on the release version is 1555.