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As a special celebration for Tatem Games iOS Carnivores' series surpassing over 3 Million Downloads, the Tetris style puzzler goes free to download for a limited time only!
RoboSockets: Link Me Up is a juicy mix of tetris, pipes and match 3 game mechanics resulting in the truly unique gameplay. With the latest update, it's now a universal app costing just $0.99. Diversity of robo-characters, smooth learning curve and unique bonus features make RoboSockets: Link Me Up a perfect brain trainer. Simple idea, several modes to challenge yourself in, elaborate design and storyline make it pick-up-and-play and addictive.
Touch Arcade - When talking about tired genres, people tend to first turn to tower defense and match 3, then to falling brick games (Tetris), followed by anything with the words "stick" and "doodle". RoboSockets [99¢], being somewhere in the gray area between match 3 and falling brick (but staying far away from the stick/doodle realm) would generally not be my cup of tea, but after a few levels I found myself playing. And playing… still playing.