Mobile marketing platform AppLovin has acquired Machine Zone for an undiscloses amount. Machine Zone are creators of Mobile Strike, Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire, and hit strategy game Game of War: Fire Age.

Mobile marketing company AppLovin continues to invest in games studios. Two of its latest strategic investments include Clipwire Games and Geewa.

Clipwire Games is a Toronto-based mobile game developer, which was founded in 2008. It is the studio behind titles like Bingo Story, Bingo World Tour, Solitaire Buddies, and Word Buddies.

Prague-based Geewa develops and publishes casual,

Everybody copies. Even big publishers do. Lion Studios, owned by AppLovin, has published a clone of hyper-casual game Domino Smash by Gismart. Everything from mechanics to levels is the same. What should the original creators do in situations like this?

Belarus’ Belka Games announced a strategic partnership with marketing company AppLovin.

Lion Studios, AppLovin’s publishing branch, has launched the second annual contest for mobile game developers called Ultimate Game Changers. $300,000 will be split between four top contestants.