Jason Love

Not too long ago, we got news about a new twin-stick shooter that would be joining the cooperative ranks called Waves: Arena Tactics. The idea of a shooter with rogue-like elements intrigued us so we recently chatted with the developer, Squid in a Box, to hear more about this "Dive" mode, how the game came about, and what life event ...

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Jason Love

Waves: Arena Tactics is a sort of sequel to the original Waves, a twin-stick shooter with a couple unique features of its own and some great visuals. It was, sadly, a single-player only affair. Arena Tactics, though, is bringing cooperative gameplay along with RPG and rogue-like elements. Squid in a Box, the game's developer, has just announced the inclusion of a gameplay mode called "Dive" where up to 3 players can team up to attempt to make it as far as possible through procedurally generated levels.

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