Welcome to PocketGamer.biz's weekly rundown of the stories clocking up the hits, picking up the click-throughs and generally keeping the advertisers happy by serving up page views.
Or, if you'd prefer, the top five stories currently dominating our readers' attention.
Each week, we'll be counting down the biggest news from the previous seven days, giving just a glimpse of the industry's big issues, from five to one.
EA builds up its free Android games catalog with Tetris release
EA hasn't been as active as rival Gameloft when it comes to Android gaming, but the company is now getting to grips with the format.
Indeed, the news it's released an all-new free version of Tetris featuring the Marathon mode made headlines. This joins Scrabble as EA's second free game on Android.
No doubt, more will follow.
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Marmalade adds native support for QNX OS and BlackBerry PlayBook
Previously known as Ideaworks' Airplay SDK, the UK middleware company now known as Marmalade has announced that its development framework, the Marmalade SDK, is the first mobile technology to support RIM's QNX operating system natively.
It's currently only used on the BlackBerry's PlayBook tablet, but will eventually roll out to BlackBerry smartphones in 2012.
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Seeking Alpha thinks Zynga should buy Glu Mobile
Any news about freemium casual games publisher Zynga is hot at the moment - especially as it struggles towards IPO.
Whether this process would be helped by the purchase of Glu Mobile is a matter for debate, although financial website Seeking Alpha thinks so.
However, that wasn't the most surprising thing about its article. Despite Glu Mobile being worth around $200 million in terms of its current market capitalisation, the article suggested a proper amount for a deal would be a massive $600 million.
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Gameloft launches 99p UK subscription deal for one Android game every week
Despite breaking at the end of the previous week, the news that Gameloft is launching a weekly 99p subscription scheme for Android games - initially in the UK - continued to be popular.
Indeed, combined with EA's free Tetris release, it's clear the big publishers are now really focused on how to make money and presence on Google's OS
Click here to read more. Windows Phone Marketplace hits 30,000 apps in 10 months
Currently the mobile OS market is a two-horse race, but it seems that the Nokia-Microsoft alliance has the potential to take a third spot.
Still, while we're waiting on hardware volumes, it seems that Microsoft's OS - as supported by the likes of HTC, Samsung and LG - is growing quickly in terms of available content, if not in terms of absolute downloads.
The news its marketplace is up to 30,000 apps - a total gained almost twice as fast as Android - bodes well for its future.
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Until next week, Pocket Gamer pickers...
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