SEGA has unveiled Binary Domain, a futuristic squad based shooter in which humans and robots are locked in a bitter struggle for supremacy. The pre-rendered announcement trailer opens with some fairly typical action movie heroics, before the final SHOCKING scene hints that issues of class and identity may also be explored.

As members of an international peace keeping unit, players will trade fire with swarms of robotic enemies on the streets of Tokyo. The game takes place in 2080, the same year that Australia is due to host its first FIFA World Cup.

Binary Domain is the brainchild of Toshihiro Nagoshi. Perhaps understandably, SEGA are keen to emphasise his history with the bestselling Yakuza series. You know what? To hell with that. We’re talking about the man responsible for Super Monkey Ball. You can keep your robots and criminals, monkeys are where it’s at.

Binary Domain is slated for release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A release date is yet to be announced.

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ITEM! Crytek has announced plans to enter the Asian free-to-play market, in the process staking an early claim to clumsiest game title of 2011. Set in the near future, Warface (you read that correctly) will be a class-based military shooter.

ITEM! Epic Games has pinned down a release date for Infinity Blade. Announced earlier this year under the title Project Sword, the Unreal powered fantasy action game will coming to iPhone and iPad on Thursday 9 December.

ITEM! A sixth Splinter Cell title is in the works. According to a report published on MCV, Assassin’s Creed producer Jade Raymond will be responsible for Sam Fisher’s latest mission.

ITEM! The interstellar dogfights of Halo: Reach may be limited to the single player campaign, but this wasn’t always the case. The latest issue of Game Informer (via CVG) reveals that an early build of the game featured a ship to ship multiplayer mode.

ITEM! Ubisoft has revealed that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood players will score some free DLC in mid December. The multiplayer focused Animus Project Update 1.0 will include an updated version of the Alliance mode along with a new map.

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After training our brains for the past few years, one of gaming’s most unlikely icons is preparing to broaden his (and presumably our) horizons. Dr. Kawashima’s Body and Brain Exercises will offer Xbox 360 owners a fully interactive mind and body experience. We can only assume that Dr. Kawashima will tackle the soul in his next release.

We’ll be responding to questions relating to maths, logic and memory, all with the aid of Microsoft’s motion sensing Kinect peripheral.  We’ll also be tasked with answering ‘physical questions’, the precise nature of which we can only guess at. Multiplayer is also on the cards.

The original game in the series, Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training, was released on the Nintendo DS in 2005. It soon inspired a range of knock-offs, including Brain Challenge, Mind Quiz and Professor Brainium’s Games (nice to see a fellow academic getting in on the action).

Publisher Namco Bandai is bringing Dr. Kawashima’s Body and Brain Exercises to our shores in February 2011.