Waves Gets Praise, Free Update, and Sale

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The UDK dual-stick shooter, Waves, has been garnering praise recently. Developer, Rob Hale, explains:

The game picked up a Golden Teabag at the #Indievisibility awards for "Best use of the Unreal Engine" which was lovely and as far as I'm concerned means Waves is better than Gears of War 3. It's had a series of 8/10 reviews including one from Eurogamer which by all logic means it must be at least as good as Uncharted 3 and as such I should be insulted by receiving such a terrible score. I'm not though. It was lovely.

It's also been the recipient of a recent upgrade, adding a new mode and achievements. Check out the gameplay video below. Once again, Mr. Hale:

Well now to top off the month the game has received a free update on Steam that includes a sixth completely new game mode imaginatively called "Chase" which I have dubbed "The Speed Metal of Shmups". There are also 28 new Achievements to whore many of which were suggested by the community and a few of which have been named in their honour (A new achievement for hitting the games score cap is called "I Am FPDrummond" who was the first player to reach it).

If you haven't picked it up already, you're in luck as it's currently part of the Steam Holiday Sale and is 25% off alone, or grab it in the Awesome Pack along with nine other really solid indie titles.

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