Sebastian Gosztyla’s DUAL (Free) is a fun multi-device local multiplayer game where two people square off with their devices facing each other and either blast away at each other in competitive play or work together to destroy AI eneies in a cooperative mode. Now, the game is getting its first big update this week with a new mode, called Deflect. The mode has you trying to hit a ball past your opponent, with each ship having different shot effects. Gosztyla describes it as “a mix of soccer, tennis, and air hockey." The new trailer for the game shows off some of what the new mode and the game as a whole are about:

Looks fun, I’m excited to try it out when it releases this week on Thursday, the 30th. The Deflect update will release on both iOS and Android, including a new Amazon App Store release. The game’s gotten over 2.5 million downloads so far, and while in-app purchases are apparently small (on Android, it’s less than 0.5%), it’s a challenge to monetize local multiplayer games, so at least the game is getting played by a lot of people.