Any hopes that we would get to play Team 17's top down shooter revival Alien Breed Evolution for the PC this year were unfortunately dashed today. The UK developer sent out a press release stating the PC port of their game (which is based on their classic 1990s Alien Breed series) is now scheduled for release sometime in 2010. The game will appear first via the Xbox 360's downloadable Xbox Live Arcade service on December 16.

Rock Paper Shotgun has a brief chat with Team 17's design manager John Dennis about the revival of the Alien Breed series. He reveals that the title will actually be released as a trilogy of downloadable chapters, each with about five to eight hours worth of gameplay. Let's hope the Xbox 360 "exclusive" time frame is a short one.