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Join the Discord!
If you've just joined the Waves community recently or you've been around since the start you can find other fans on the Squid In A Box Discord Server! By joining the Squid In A Box Discord Server you can: Ask the Devs d…
Announcement2 changesServer - Waves 2: Notorious
Happy New Year!
2020 just sucked, didn't it? Good riddance I say. It's no secret that Squid In A Box Ltd is in fact just one person. It isn't a studio with a half dozen full-time employees it's just Li'l ol' me trying to get as much do…
Event4 changesGameplayUI/audio - Waves 2: Notorious
Update 0.10 - More Boss Fights!
I know it's been a long time but all I can say is it's 2020! As a solo developer sometimes you have to just bite the bullet and get a "real" job (aka one that pays a living wage) which is what I did. Development continu…
Patch notes16 changesFixGameplay - Waves 2: Notorious
Campaign Crash Hotfix
The crash when starting a campaign game should be fixed in the most recent version. The fix for this requires using the 64bit version of the game and as such the 32bit version is no longer supported. Also fixed in this…
Announcement3 changesFixPerformance - Waves 2: Notorious
February 2020 Patch Notes
This patch brings a few quality of life and UI improvements primarily for the Campaign mode as well as replacing the old Campaign "Shoot the Core" boss encounter with a new prototype Boss Fight. Due to changes in how Ob…
Patch notes18 changesUI/audioGameplay - Waves 2: Notorious
Update 0.9
The Winter 2020 Season has begun! Just as before the leaderboards for the previous Season have been archived and can be seen from the Leaderboards screen and a new Season with new balance changes has begun! - ARCADE ● N…
Event8 changesBalanceGameplay - Waves 2: Notorious
Hotfix: 0.8.1
This is just a small patch to address a crash that occurred when using the Flamethrower weapon. Bugfixes: Fixed crash when an enemy dies from a Status Effect. Re-enabled Datavaults in Dive mode.
Announcement3 changesFixPerformance - Waves 2: Notorious
Fall 2019 Season Begins! Patch 0.8 goes live!
Starting at 1am GMT on October 1st the Arcade leaderboards will tick over to the Fall 2019 Season. The Fall Season will last for 2 months until December 1st when we will transition into the Winter Season. Rankings for t…
Event15 changesGameplayBalance - Waves 2: Notorious
0.75.1 Patch Notes & New Season Announcement!
FALL 2019 SEASON STARTS OCTOBER 1ST! As the title says: There is exactly one month left in the Summer 2019 Arcade Season so get those Highscores in! There will be a big patch to accompany the Season change which will in…
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Patreon
This is entirely optional! Some people have been asking me to set up a Patreon so they can further support the development of the game and who am I to tell people they can't do that? https://www.patreon.com/squidinabox…
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Update 0.75 - The Campaign is back. Kinda.
I've re-enabled the Campaign but added a pop-up explaining that it isn't ready for prime-time and is not being actively developed right now. You can still play it if you wish but most of the fun stuff is going to be pro…
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GRID/Campaign Temporarily Disabled
After much consideration I have decided to remove the Campaign mode in it's current format from Waves 2. It will be replaced in time with a much more streamlined and easier to understand version however right now it is…
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Hotfix 0.73.2
Now that the freeze has turned into a crash (crashes are better they at least leave a crash dump file) I was able to hunt down the exact problem that was occurring and fix it. The crash was happening when there was nowh…
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Hotfix 0.73.1
This is a small patch to address a rare freeze that sometimes occurred when File Lockers were being spawned in Arcade. It's very hard to reproduce so this isn't guaranteed to have fixed it so if you are getting the game…
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Update 0.73 Patch Notes - Added Linux Support
That's right! If you want to play Waves 2 on Linux then now you can! This is not emulation but a custom build. I've tested it on Ubuntu 18.04 and so long as you have the most recent proprietary graphics drivers for your…
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OpenGL Support For AMD Users
If you have an AMD Graphics card AND you are experiencing a crash on startup then you should try the new OpenGL option in the launch menu. This crash is caused by buggy AMD drivers for older cards and as AMD doesn't sup…




