The creators of The Darkness and Chronicles of Riddick re-inventing an old EA franchise, but which one...

EA Games today announced a partnership with The Darkness and The Chronicles of Riddick developer, Starbreeze Studios, to re-invent one of the publishing giant's classic franchises.

Development is currently underway for the Xbox 360, PlayStation3, and PC, under the internal codename of Project RedLime.

"EA Partners is thrilled to hand over the keys to one of EA's most acclaimed franchises to Starbreeze Studios," said David DeMartini, vice president and general manager of EA Partners. "Starbreeze's pedigree is undisputed and we could not be happier to welcome them to the EA Partners family. The team is creating an incredibly innovative take on a classic property and EA Partners is poised to deliver a blockbuster launch on the global stage."

"EA Partners gives independent developers like Starbreeze access to EA's unrivaled global publishing infrastructure, letting us focus our energy on what we do best - making incredible games," said Johan Kristiansson, CEO of Starbreeze Studios. "We're already deep in development on Project RedLime and the team at EA is giving us the time we need to perfect our vision. We're excited to bring a new perspective and gameplay innovation to this beloved fiction."

Although we're completely in the dark as to what this is, we're willing to put a stab out there and hope it's an update to the insanely difficult and gruesome 1990 classic, The Immortal - anybody with us?