So, yeah. I wrote something about in the preorder thread, but I think this deserves a separate thread.
The deal is...
At the EA site, there's now a PREORDER button.
Click it, and it'll take you to the Gamestop site.
As of now, it says the shipping date is 3/3/'09.
So we can only assume that that's the release date.
Personally, I'm disappointed; I was hoping for a holiday release this year