Got to talk to the Catalyst guys for a bit at Origins today, they are super-pumped about it, and said there was a lot of research that went into making sure they used the 'proper' design specs, as there were multiple variants of the design out there from all the various liscensees over the years. They also said that they tried to make the specs fit the design much better, no more 'well that looks like a gun pod, but its really an antenna' that some of the adapted designs had.

Catalyst ALSO had 12 of the old battle center pods at Origins, with 12 player deathmatches ensuing, with the action displayed on a big screen. They said that 8 of the pods used to be in the Chicago center, and the other 4 were from Michigan. Seeing all those pods lined up was a thing of beauty. The deathmatches were too.