

A Japanese corporation named Amada tried to sue Bergen for stealing their technology in a patent dispute. An American-based company called Bergen controlled a very large majority of the world’s robotic industries, making America much more powerful. Since much of the world’s population had died, robots were used as the main labor force. This forced the governments to build new cities above the waterline, using the ruined cities as foundations. In the game’s backstory, global warming had caused world wide flooding, leaving much of the world uninhabitable. On top of a 10-hour-long single-player story mode and a 4-player co-op mode, Binary Domain contains several online multiplayer modes for up to 10 players, and five player classes that can be used in these modes. However, the robots are said to be exhibiting signs of sentience and are capable of acting like human beings, creating an ethical quandary that is said to play an integral role in the plot. Taking place in a futuristic Tokyo that has been besieged by a large force of hostile robots, the player is part of an international peace keeping group that is fighting the invaders.

Binary Domain is a cover-based shooter conceived by the Yakuza series’ creator Toshihiro Nagoshi and published by Sega in February 2012.
