The "hiccups" were the reason for it taking so long. No speculation, he stated that the process of creating the patch revealed other underlying issues that needed resolution. They worked it out. It took them longer than expected. Its in 3rd party hands and we'll have it when they release it. Usually these guys (EA) get the heads up when MS/Sony plans to drop these things on us. With no blog today and no word of when it will drop I'm expecting to see it after the holiday weekend.
These guys usually know about 24-48 hours in advance that it passed testing. This is why we haven't seen the blog yet. As soon as they get the word that all went well we'll see a blog. They're not going to reveal patch details that could potentially not make the cut. That would be a huge
PR blunder if they did.