Binary Domain - INFO MADNESS

"Give my Beloved Toaster back, Robot Scum!" - Dan Marshall, When facing a Boss

Binary Domain has been announced some time ago. The game focus in a Tokyo in the Future that gets overtaken by Sentient-Robots, and it's up for the player to confront the evil robots and restore peace to Japan. The Game is developed by the same team of the famous Yakuza/Ryu Ga Gotoku series, and the game is set for release in PS3 and XBOX360 early 2012.

Like many Japanese-developed games targeting westerners, Binary Domain has a hilariously cliche black guy. But unlike many Japanese-developed games targeting westerners, Binary Domain is set in Tokyo, home of the people making the game.

The in-game Tokyo isn't exactly like the Tokyo of today, though. The game is set in 2080. Global warming has cased the oceans to rise, so people throughout the world have begun construction of new "upper cities," built far from the sea and high up.

The new cities rest atop the old ones, which continue to be populated by poorer residents even as they are submerged by water. This has lead to a division of the world into upper and lower layers, causing growing social instability.

The construction of the upper city causes great demand for robots. The robot industry grows into the major industry of the world, larger than the communications and automobile industries. A variety of robots are developed, some for military use, some for personal use.

Eventually, robots that resemble humans being to appear. This ends up leading to greater instability as the technology is adopted by terror and criminal organizations. The United Nations begins to discuss restrictions in robot technology. A meeting in Geneva sees 150 countries sign the New Geneva Pact which attempts to reduce military use robots and ban human-like robots. The Geneva Code, as the pact is called, actually forbids not just the creation of robots that resemble humans, but research into robots that have human-like mental capabilities.

While this scenario is played out throughout the world as a whole, Binary Domain concerns itself just with Japan, or specifically Tokyo. In Japan, the powerful Amada Company has lost an international patent battle with an American company over advanced robot technology. Japan loses its hold of the lead in worldwide robot tech.

A Warm Reception, Don't you think?

Within the robot industry are two major organizations: Amada and Bergen.

 Amada, a Japanese company, was founded by genius inventor Youji Amada and was the first company to develop human-formed robots. The first such human robot, shown below next to Youji, was created in 2047 as a home support robot and became a hit for Amada.

Bergen was founded in Detroit, Michigan as a family business under CEO Alexander Bergen. After winning a patent dispute with Amada, it now controls 95% of the world's robot market share.

Following the patent lawsuit, Youji Amada disappeared from public life.

In addition to these details on the game's robot industry, Sega detailed the game's IRTA organization. IRTA, which stands for International Robot Technology Agency, falls under the UN's Council on Science and Technology for Robot division. This group enforces the Geneva Code, which was passed by the UN forbidding the development of human-like robots.

 Main characters Dan and Roy are members of Last Crew, a secret battalion in the IRTA. The 100 members of this battalion are dispatched throughout the world to put an end in the robot menace.

 Dan is a 33-year-old from Nebraska. He joined the army at 18 and was invited by IRTA to be a part of Last Crew. He's been serving with Last Crew for four years.

So, will you tell me where my Toaster is or I'll need to blow up your circuits?

Roy Boden, nickname Big Bow, is a 36-year-old from Massachusetts. His father worked at a small robot factory, but his youth was difficult financially. He did not enjoy studying, but he progressed into high school because he wanted to play football. He's been with Last Crew for four years as well.

So Dan, how are we going to call for Pizza if the world has been taken over by Robots?

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