Well some of the game sites (ie. Game Stop) show it coming out on October 1st. Some of the sites show it October 12th. So, no one really knows yet.

There is no official date..

The thing with release date is, that you can't know for sure if it's exact until the game is out. They can usually give you a vague idea but for the most part that's about it. Dates often get pushed around back and forth a week or two before release, and the game usually finds its way onto store shelves a day or two earlier than the final date anyway.

That said, the official release date at this point is "October 2004", but personally I wouldn't be shocked if the game comes out in November or even December.

There is a lot of cool games coming out around that time.