Electronic Arts announced today it has made a deal with Free Radical for publishing and distributing the next game in the Timesplitters-series. EA also announced it expects to ship the product somewhere in 2005.

The second part in the Timesplitters-series was released for the GameCube and is said to be one of the best first-person shooters available for the console (after Metroid Prime of course).

"Free Radical has proven itself as a world-class studio by delivering consistently beautiful, exciting and incredibly fun games," said Frank Sagnier, Vice-president Electronic Arts Partners in Europe. "We are thrilled to be working with Free Radical and to be adding a new title to our growing catalogue of externally developed games."

"Choosing EA Partners as our publishing partner represents a big breakthrough for Free Radical," said Steve Ellis, Chairman of Free Radical Design. "We're already working hard on the next game, and hope that, with the help of EA Partners, we can reach many new players all over the world."

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