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Robot Wars meets Match of the Day in SocCars

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Robot Wars meets Match of the Day in SocCars
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Some combinations go together like peanut butter and jam. Say cheese and pineapple, salt and vinegar, or even peanut butter and jam.

How about cars and football?

Well, if you're of the demolition derby frame of mind maybe.

But if you're of the demolition derby frame of mind, anything goes with cars.

Still it's a frame of mind that French developer White Bird Productions seems to agree with, as its next iPhone game is SocCars.

A version of Robot Wars mixed with football, you get to choose between 10 different vehicles, each of which have different characteristics - agile and light, slow and heavy etc - and then attempt to drive a football into your opponent's goal.

Power ups such as Freeze, Rocket and Magnet (the ball is metal of course) will appear to help you become a four-wheeled Pele.

You can see how the whole thing plays out in the following video.

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Published by Bulkypix, SocCars will be released on 11th February, priced 99c, €0.79 or 59p.

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