Invercity Game Works, a studio based in China, has revealed their upcoming survival-action title Project Retrograde: The Becoming through a trailer featured by IGN. The gameplay appears to draw strong inspiration from CAPCOM’s Resident Evil series, albeit with noticeable similarities. Platforms confirmed include PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, though a launch timeframe remains unannounced.

The developer’s site outlines the game’s premise:

In 1995, humanity’s final effort—Project Retrograde—crumbled when the ancient parasite L.U.C.A. ravaged the subterranean world. As a bio-enhanced mercenary fused with the entity, wield its unstable power to prevent global catastrophe, even as it threatens to devour your humanity.

Contaminated by L.U.C.A., you evolve the capacity to assimilate adversaries’ combat expertise. Master lethal techniques, from martial arts to shadow warfare, and plunge into visceral, shape-shifting battles.

Navigate a decaying retro-futuristic underworld. Harness the LUX environmental system to manipulate weather patterns, ascend colossal structures to access forbidden zones, and piece together mysteries buried for decades.

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