Add: 15.0-beta1 announcement (#332)

Author: michicc

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+title: OpenTTD 15.0-beta1
+author: michi_cc
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+Ho, ho, ho, Santa is in town.
+And he's brought a gift with him.
+
+Here's a shiny new package for you to unwrap, containing the first beta version of the upcoming OpenTTD 15 release.
+
+It comes faster, with road waypoints, fewer passwords, better scenario editor, and hopefully with a lot less bugs.
+To be a bit less vague, here are some of the highlights:
+* Improved picker windows for stations/waypoints/objects/and more. Oh, and that does include road waypoints.
+* Better perfomance in various places, including faster path signals that are now green by default.
+* Password-less network authentication using keys.
+* Several improvements for NewGRFs regarding cargo support.
+* Better scenario editor with a town data importer and manual house placement.
+* A large tree fully hung with ornamental bugfixes.
+* Sadly though, not everbody was good this year. The old NPF pathfinder was finally retired, after YAPF being the superior default for many, many years now.
+
+There's a lot of bugs left for you to find, though, guaranteed. Enjoy the beta, test all the things and [report anything you find amiss](https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/issues/new/choose), to make OpenTTD 15 the best OpenTTD 15 ever.
+
+* [Download](https://www.openttd.org/downloads/openttd-releases/testing.html)
+* [Changelog](https://cdn.openttd.org/openttd-releases/15.0-beta1/changelog.txt)
+* [Bug tracker](https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/issues)