If you like a little style and originality in your first-person shooters, look no further than REZ. Taking the genre to its most viscerally extremes, the game gets most of its luster from its incredible storyline: The information age comes to a deadly halt when the core of society's technological memory an AI unit called Eden begins to feel the strain of too much data. Struggling to keep up, the technology actually begins to question its own existence and goes into a futuristic freak out. Now, you must journey deep into the realm of 3D cyberspace in order to fix the system, a task that will require hacking codes and battling fierce creatures. Your goal is to get all the way to the system's core, but that's a journey that only the bravest and most dedicated adventurers will be able to survive. The game features an incredible array of music samples (you can actually create your own sounds and rhythms to accompany to you on your trip), a plethora of stages, and a list of modes that includes: Score Attack, Beyond, Boss Rush, and Trance Mission. In addition, there are more than 20 hidden features that can be unlocked.

Rez - January 8, 2002
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Rez English Website Opens Up - January 23, 2002
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Sega's Rez Ships to PS2 - January 8, 2002
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Rez Installed In Namco's O.R.B.S.? - December 14, 2001
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Rez Soundtrack Details Announced - November 26, 2001
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Famitsu Scores Latest PlayStation 2 Releases - November 15, 2001
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Rez "AD Card" Art - November 15, 2001
What on earth do you do with something like this? Looks nifty, anyway.

Cool New Sega T-Shirts - November 9, 2001
None of which you can ever have, but check out these Rez and Crazy Taxi shirts anyway.

Rez Perfect Intoxication Set - October 26, 2001
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Sega's Rez Officially Coming to US - October 19, 2001
In case you didn't believe Sega the first few times, Rez really is coming to the US. No, really.

Rez Gets A Release Date - September 5, 2001
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Rez Debuts At Massive Rave - August 14, 2001
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Direct Feed Videos of Rez - July 3, 2001
Want some direct feed footage of Sega's first completely original PS2 game? Then come inside.

Brand-New High-"Rez" Screens - June 28, 2001
No, we're not nicking Acclaim's trademark -- it's a new look at UGA's musical shooter.

UGA's K-Project Comes Into Focus - June 27, 2001
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K-Project Set for PS2? - April 3, 2001
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