I won't deny the fact that Socom and Mortal Kombat are pretty popular that some would even consider it as blockbuster. Portal 2, no doubt it is an epic game which I can't wait to get. Ultimately, I don't think they are going to have any impact on the game really. Just give them time to fix the game up, rather than rush it because of these games release dates.

However, I won't argue the fact that I'd like them to announce something big, sure, we all want that. We want to know what's the long term plans for this game really. More details, etc, but these informations are going to likely be more so come from only one place: The Lodestone.