5th Cell first announced its Xbox Live Arcade effort Hybrid in October, but it wasn't until this year's Game Developers Conference in March that the game got its first real exposure. From that debut, 5th Cell learned at least one thing: Hybrid isn't going to be ready for its previously announced 2011 launch window.

　　Hybrid might just tell the story of what happens to the world when people don't buy a Prius. Today, the studio said that it has bumped Hybrid into 2012. The game has thus far only been announced for Xbox Live, but studio head Jeremiah Slaczka indicated to GameSpot that it may also see release on additional platforms.

　　"Hybrid was very well received this past GDC; people really seemed to enjoy it," Slaczka said of the delay. "But with an additional year, we can take what we've learned and really drill down on our ideas to hopefully transform this game into something great."

　　A marked departure from 5th Cell's previous work on franchises such as Scribblenauts and Drawn to Life, Hybrid is a third-person shooter in which two rival factions wage war in a postapocalyptic world. The multiplayer-only game will let gamers battle it out in persistent-world online modes.

　　For more information, check out GameSpot's recent preview of the title.

　　[Correction:] This story originally reported that Hybrid will include a single-player campaign. This information is inaccurate. GameSpot regrets the error.

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