After months of uncertainty, it’s just been announced that Tim Schafer and Double Fine’s next game, Brütal Legend, is going to be published by EA and EA Partners!

After the game was dropped from Activision Blizzard’s release line-up as a result of their merger earlier this year, Brütal Legend’s publishing fate was uncertain, with rumours pointing to either MTV Games or EA to take up publishing duties. After MTV Games reportedly passed on the opportunity, and EA CEO John Riticiello called Brütal Legend a ‘significant creative risk,’ uncertainty once again hung over the game’s future. Until today! President of Double Fine Productions, Tim Schafer said:

“This is awesome news! The quality and creativity of the games EA Partners has been involved with make it a perfect home for our baby, Brütal Legend. Some people were starting to wonder if the saga of Eddie Riggs would ever see the light of day, but now I think it’s clear that this game, like Metal itself, cannot be killed!” Senior Vice President and General Manager at EA Partners, David DeMartini, added:

“Brütal Legend is shaping up to be a creative tour de force. At EAP, we are deeply committed to giving the industry’s elite independent developers a platform to launch their creations to a worldwide audience. Tim Schafer is known for some of the richest stories and characters in our industry, and with Jack Black offering his vocal styling’s for Eddie Riggs, we are extremely excited to help Tim and his talented team at Double Fine see their vision come to fruition.”

From the press release: “Brütal Legend tells the tale of Eddie Riggs, played by Jack Black, who is drawn back through time to a mythical world dripped in Rock and Roll folklore; where great Metal titans once ruled and power chords rang from the countryside for all to hear. When an oppressed people request Eddie’s knowledge of modern warfare, he pulls from his own experience in the only occupation he’s ever had, a roadie for a Heavy Metal band. From this springs the most hellacious army man has ever seen, and thus brings this ancient world into the Age of Metal.”

Tim Schafer and Jack Black are set to unveil the first gameplay trailer for Brütal Legend at this year’s Spike TV Video Game Awards this Sunday, December 14th at 9pm EST.

Brütal Legend is set for a ‘Fall 2009’ release on Xbox 360 and PS3. To get pumped up, the original promotional trailer follows below: