It 'went gold' on October 21st meaning they've sent release code to disc manufacturers etc.
Current pre-release play throughs say it feels like a game that should have come out in 2010 in terms of game tech, mechanics etc etc but that the story itself is very compelling.
Not sure whether that's a glass half full or half empty comment.
Meh, if it's not what everyone wants it to be will wait for its price to tumble, if it's amazing will wait for a child to run through it really quickly and buy second hand...
Supposedly in December but that was pushed back from October, so who knows..