Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello mentioned that a "major new massively multiplayer online game" would not be shipping within EA's 2011 fiscal year, which ends on March 31st, according to a report by Joystiq. EA CFO Eric Brown later confirmed that Star Wars: The Old Republic is "not included in our FY11 release slate."

So there you have it folks, set your calendars to sometime between April and June next year, as we won't be playing Star Wars: The Old Republic for a little while yet.

This doesn't come as much of a surprise, though, as the game was originally slated for a Spring 2011 release window, and given the fact that Spring  generally begins between the middle and end of March, the April to June timeline makes perfect sense. So, I guess if you expected it earlier than that, well, don't!