Tag: Binary Domain

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 the best. But the story beats remain intriguing,..

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 kind of shooter that's rare in this Western..

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 developed title ever since getting our hands on it late..

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 Domain representing the Yakuza Studio's first proper..

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. When fighting for the government, Kiryu will don..

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 side of the government, and go shirtless for the..

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 defended Japan, and identifying the source of an illegal..

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 Domain, it's been pretty much silent about..

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 system. During the game you'll need to..

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 art direction, everything else has looked..

A couple of weeks before GamesCom, everyone was worried that the PlayStation Vita was going to get very weak software support

Sure Sony's first-party stuff looked great, but where were the third-party games? But since then there's been a tirade of announcements. Starting with Ubisoft's launch window offering, through to the more recent Persona 4: The Golden — at the moment it's surprising to see..

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. "Well Binary Domain was created by the same..

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 voice commands with plenty of Easter Eggs. For..

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 are interactive elements utilising the headset..

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 trailer. Some of those enemy robots are huge. If the..

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 neat.

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 with a unique futuristic Japanese setting, count..

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 quiet about Virtua Tennis 4 lately so it's good to see..

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 was a dramatic and energetic sci-fi shooter. When..