Dragon Age - Slated for Early 2009 per Riccitiello

Avantenor writes in to give us a heads up on this brief and not too shocking Dragon Age tidbit from EA's John Riccitiello, speaking at Gamespot and which if I'm reading correctly, basically narrows down the expected release date of the game to the end of their current production year (Jan-Mar 09):

When asked by an analyst about which of EA's new intellectual properties would be among its internal top 10 bestsellers for 2008, Riccitiello began listing his picks. "Mercenaries 2, Mirror's Edge, Spore, Dead Space, including subscriptions Warhammer [Online]--but that won't show up in NPD, Battlefield: Bad Company...that'll certainly get in there," he predicted. Then, the executive added "Saboteur and Dragon Age" before quickly tacking on the qualifier, "but those two won't make the calendar year because they're coming in fiscal Q4." EA's fiscal year ends on March 31, 2009, which means that both games will now arrive in the first three months of next year...

Riccitiello's words were less of a shock to role-playing gamers awaiting Dragon Age, which EA previously announced would arrive before April 1, 2009.

Thanks, Avantenor.