First trailer: Binary Domain from Sega's Yakuza developer @ Gaming Target

Written by Matt Swider on December 01, 2010

News: Toshihiro Nagoshi and the rest of the Yakuza series team are working on a new PS3 and Xbox 360 game.

The Yakuza series, while critically-acclaimed, has never really caught on outside of Japan. Therefore, creator Toshihiro Nagoshi and his team at Sega are trying a new approach by developing an internationally appealing squad-based shooter for the Xbox 360 and PS3 called Binary Domain.

я┐╜What I wanted to create this time was a dramatic and energetic sci-fi shooter," said Nagoshi. я┐╜When you hear sci-fi you may think of cold, clinical environments but with Binary Domain I wanted to combine this with a deep human drama.я┐╜

Set in a robot-invaded 2080, the premise sounds engrossing: "Fighting through the derelict lower levels of the city, players control an international peace-keeping squad that soon starts to question their surroundings and the choices they are making. Are the robots becoming more human, or are humans becoming more like machines?"

Just as important to the game's success is its appeal to a mass audience. As Gary Knight, Senior VP of Marketing at Sega of Europe and America stressed, я┐╜The game is being developed in Japan yet it is designed for a global audience and will take players into an exhilarating story wrapped into a unique, action-packed shooter experience in a fresh new setting.я┐╜

Nagoshi added to the desire for reaching an expanded audience, saying, я┐╜The keyword we have in mind for this project is "Life." I wanted to make something that will be accepted by both the Japanese and Western markets, and this fundamental theme is something everyone knows but which the full extent of can be difficult to grasp.я┐╜

As long as the talented Yazuka team doesn't sacrifice their proven artistic quality for a more "mainstream" approach, then Binary Domain has our 1010101 number. Below is the teaser trailer from Binary Domain followed by the first five screenshots:

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