Dragon Age: Origins release date = good news?

As I said here before, Dragon Age is one of the games that I'm hotly awaiting for this year (the other one also, oddly, being another Bioware game.. the new Star Wars MMO. The Old Republic).

Originally they were calling for a 2nd quarter 2009 release. But according to a Bioware press release, they are now saying "last half of 2009" and they mean the very last half. The GameSpot pre-orders page for the game is showing the release date as November 3.

While bad news for anyone who was hoping to while away their summer playing it, this is actually good news in disguise. At least for me. Now I can get my thesis done quietly and without temptation, and I will be able to play it upon release, unencumbered by program deadlines or requirements. Plus my man will be back home so it's all rosy news for me.