Tag: Binary Domain
News SEGA Producer Would Like to Remaster Criminally Overlooked PS3 Shooter Binary Domain
Hey, scrapheads!
Do you remember Binary Domain? It was a story-driven PlayStation 3 third-person shooter, from the same studio that makes the Yakuza games. Back when it released in 2012, Binary Domain didn't have much of an impact — but it's fondly remembered by those who actually played it, including ourselves. It's safe to say that we'd be well...
News Yakuza Producer 'Would Love' to Make a Sequel to the Underrated Binary Domain
We'd be happy with a remaster
So, who remembers Binary Domain? A third-person shooter that launched on the PlayStation 3 all the way back in 2012, it was developed by the team behind the Yakuza series over at SEGA. While it certainly had its flaws, the general consensus here at Push Square is that it was a bit of an underrated gem. Much like...
News Binary Domain Cranks Up The Melodrama In Assassination Cut-Scene
A lot of the appeal of the Yakuza franchise is the manner in which it's retained its original voice-acting
(Well, aside from the game's expensive Western debut anyway.) As such, it's a little jarring watching a Nagoshi produced cut-scene with English voice actors — and let's be honest, judging by this cinematic, Binary Domain's don't appear to be...
News Binary Domain To Net Japanese Demo On February 1st
Binary Domain is seriously awesome
The Yakuza Studio developed third-person shooter — which sees you matched against robots rather than the usual zombies or soldiers — shares the Yakuza franchise's flare for cinematic presentation, and matches it with the kind of crazy third-person action that only a Japanese developer could produce. It's the...
News Binary Domain Gets Pushed Back A Week, Scoops Up New Trailer
February is looking like an outstanding month for video games
Not only does it house the release of the PlayStation Vita — and its host of launch titles — but it also contains some seriously hot PlayStation 3 titles to boot. Binary Domain might be getting short shrift at present, but we've been ridiculously excited about the Yakuza Studio...
News Binary Domain Producer Believes Shooters Have The Widest Window Of Entry
Some gamers would argue that there are too many shooters on the PlayStation 3, but Binary Domain's producer, Masayoshi Kikuchi, sees that as a good thing
Speaking with CVG, the developer revealed that Binary Domain took the run-and-gun route in order to achieve "the biggest window of entry for as many gamers as possible". Despite Binary...
News Kazuma Kiryu Enters The Fray In Binary Domain
Kazuma Kiryu's a man that's seen it all
He's spent years in prison, raised nine orphaned children, and dealt with a zombie apocalypse. The Yakuza protagonist knows how to get things done. And as we excitedly reported earlier in the week, he's now preparing to face-off against hordes of the futuristic robots in Binary Domain's multiplayer component...
News Amazing: Yakuza Protagonist Kazuma Kiryu To Cameo In Binary Domain's Multiplayer
We were already hot on SEGA's upcoming Binary Domain after we got some hands-on time earlier in the year, but SEGA's just gone and thrown us over the deep end
The Japanese publisher's announced that Yakuza protagonist Kazuma Kiryu will make a cameo appearance in the game's multiplayer mode. He'll sport his trademark white suit when playing on the...
News SEGA Details Binary Domain's Pre-Order Bonuses
Hot on the heels of Binary Domain's multiplayer announcement, SEGA's detailed the game's first couple of pre-order bonus packs
The first, entitled the 'Dan Marshall Pack', unlocks a brand new weapon and skills for the game's protagonist Sergeant Dan Marshall. "Dan is a member of the international Rust Crew charged with infiltrating robot...
News SEGA Dishes The Dirt On Binary Domain's Multiplayer Component
We were pretty hot on what we saw of Binary Domain earlier in the year
The futuristic squad-based shooter is certainly a change of pace for the team ordinarily behind the fantastic Yakuza series, but it's got some neat ideas that set it apart from its immediate competitors. While SEGA's been keen to promote the single-player experience of Binary...
News Binary Domain Trailer Hones In On Consequence System
We were suitably impressed with Binary Domain when we got to check it out earlier in the year
In fact, given our monumentally low expectations it actually kind of blew us away. A unique art-style, some great shooting and fantastic presentation all contributed to our positive impressions. But we also came away intrigued by Binary Domain's consequence...
First Impressions Binary Domain on PlayStation 3
Sometimes you go into a video game demonstration with remarkably low expectations
For us, Binary Domain was one of those games. Which is strange given that it's the latest project from the studio behind the Yakuza titles — one of our favourite PlayStation franchises of all time. While Binary Domain has shown flashes of brilliance in its underlying...
News Sony's On Fire, Bringing 18 Unannounced PlayStation Vita Titles To TGS
Sure Sony's first-party stuff looked great, but where were the third-party games?
A couple of weeks before GamesCom, everyone was worried that the PlayStation Vita was going to get very weak software support. But since then there's been a tirade of announcements. Starting with Ubisoft's launch window offering, through to the more recent Persona 4:...
News Binary Domain Was Developed Because The Team Was 'Fed Up' Of Yakuza
Regular readers will know that we adore the Yakuza series
But even we'd happily admit that one game a year is too much for any non-sporting franchise. And it seems the Japanese team agrees, as director Daisuke Sato has told TheGamersHub that Binary Domain is the result of of the Yakuza team getting "fed up" with the Japanese drama series...
News Binary Domain Earmarks February 14th Release
SEGA confirmed overnight that the next project from its Yakuza team, Binary Domain, will launch in the West from February 14th
The squad-based action game includes support for voice commands, though the publisher admitted that it is experiencing some challenges getting said feature to work lag-free. Interestingly, it sounds like SEGA's packing these...
News In Binary Domain, You'll Chat With The Game's AI
Binary Domain -- the next title from SEGA's Yakuza studio -- gets crazier with every piece of information we learn about the game
Speaking with GameSpot, studio gaffer Toshihiro Nagoshi told the publication that at points in the game you'll need to converse with the AI via a headset. Like actually talk to the computer characters. For real. There...
News Latest Binary Domain Trailer Fills You Full Of Holes
There's nothing especially outstanding about the firearms and explosives featured in Binary Domain's "Weapons" trailer, but the game continues to look mighty compelling from where we're sitting
The game's uber-clean, futuristic urban setting makes for an impressive visual style, and we're especially taken by some of the showcases of scale in this...
News We Actually Think Binary Domain Looks Pretty Neat
Knowing the Yakuza team's ability to craft compelling narratives, we think Binary Domain could surprise a lot of people when it launches in February next year
The SEGA published squad-based shooter has an air of Gears Of War to it for sure, but there's also that traditional Japanese anime aesthetic running through the art-style. We think it looks...
News SEGA Confirms 2012 Release For Binary Domain, New Trailer Is Sweet As Hell
Binary Domain might not be what we've come to expect from the team behind the Yakuza franchise, but that's not stopping it from looking properly amazing
Sure ok, there are robots and the characters look like they've been ripped straight out of Gears Of War — but if Binary Domain can bring the narrative success of the Yakuza franchise and marry it...
News SEGA Reveals 2011 Release Schedule, We Get Hyped For The Four-Play
There are two games in SEGA's 2011 release schedule that give us bigger boners than Kim Kardashian in a leather catsuit: Yakuza 4 and Virtua Tennis 4
That's some synergy right there; the two PlayStation 3 exclusive four-quels [does that work? - Ed] are due out at some point this year, with Yakuza 4 coming first in the Spring. SEGA's been pretty...
News SEGA Confirms Binary Domain For PlayStation 3
Following up on reports we posted earlier in the week, SEGA's confirmed that the Yakuza team are indeed working on a third-person sci-fi shooter known as Binary Domain
The game's set in 2080 Tokyo during a conflict between humans and robots (a-hah), and it has seen the city split into two: the rich and the poor. What I wanted to create this time...
Rumour Yakuza Team Announce Sci-Fi Shooter Titled Binary Domain
Rumour
Rumour. Rumour. A poster on Japanese message board 2ch claims to have an advanced copy of Famitsu magazine which confirms the existence of a new PlayStation 3 shooter from the Yakuza team. The sci-fi robot game, generically titled Binary Domain, is said to be a collaboration between Toshihiro Nagoshi Yakuza team and western developers...
