Rez

Just when you think Japan cant get any stranger when it comes to games, gadgets and gizmos, SEGA just go and raise that bar even higher. I dont think Sonic even saw this coming. In a move completely out of the blue (and into the yellow), SEGA has turned awkward moments at the urinal into a full blown mini-game and no we are not taking the p*ss. When you see this you will be chugging bottles of water and filling those bladders to bursting point. Not enough? How about an arcade game based around spanking and kancho?! Not your thing? How about the infamous PS2 peripheral girl gamers have been using for 'other than their intended purpose'?

Before Guitar Hero, there was Rez, and before Rock Band, there was Tetsuya Mizuguchi. The Japanese developer fused music and rhythm into gaming years before the first shipment of flimsy plastic guitars hit shelves. In fact, his melodic shooter went much further, putting control of the music directly into the player's hands, as well as incorporating dynamic visual elements to create a fully immersive artistic experience.

Rez and Space Channel 5 fans will be excited to hear that ex-UGA boss Tetsuya Mizuguchi is determined to make his next project even better than his previous cult classics, as he revealed in a recent interview with our sister site, CVG. "I hope the next game will be the best game in my career...This coming year and the next I'm concentrating solely on game making in a director's role. It will be my last hurrah," he

Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the creator of Rez, a magic mushroom-friendly cult-classic shooter, suggested his next game will be uncovered in the near future. He ensures us it'll be another exercise in delightful synapse stimulation. "I can't talk about details, but I'm ready to go with my next game, which will be bigger than [my other games] Lumines or Every Extend Extra," the Q Entertainment founder revealed. "I want to use my passion and energy again using the next-gen technology. I have many reasons