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.
RIM rules out making games for BlackBerry 10
Where now for RIM, following its decision to push back the launch BlackBerry 10 into early 2013?
CEO Thorstein Heins has an uphill struggle but he says focusing on the company's DNA - allowing "people to manage their life and have a very comfortable way of communicating" - will play off.
That doesn't mean it will be making games, of course, but "the platform we are building allows game developers to program and to deliver really fantastic-performing games".
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Windows Phone 8's break with platform's past a 'necessary evil', says Boonce programmer
Microsoft's decision to split Windows Phone 8 from existing versions of its smartphone OS will be painful, but it's a break that's needed to secure the long term vision of the platform.
That's the view of Rob Rule, who developed the Windows Phone game Boonce, and will be supporting both Windows Phone 7.x and 8, and XBLA with his new game.
"The next game will be promoted hard and fast at release, shoving everything we can into the release period," he commented.
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US start up GameFace.me on why it's leading the charge for personalised gaming
There are plenty of companies thinking about how to use social data within games.
One such is US outfit GameFace.me. Boasting founders from Nokia, RockYou and supercomputing, it's been experimenting with visual data - populating mobile games with your Facebook friends.
But that's only the start.
"I'm a big fan of showing people things that they have never seen before, and the GameFace Graph provides us with a huge possibility space to do just that," commented creative guru Scott Foe.
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Fasten your seatbelts: The making of Pocket Planes
Reinforcing its reputation as the indie's indie, our behind-the-scenes interview about US developer NimbleBit's latest game provides some fascinating insights.
Starting off based around trains, Pocket Planes has gained its success, even though NimbleBit is happy to confess that it "includes even less analytics than Tiny Tower".
"We don't get that much value out of them since our development isn't metrics-driven," said co-creator Ian Marsh.
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Nevermind PS4 or Xbox, Ouya is the real next-gen console, argues Astrogun
The current hot topic in the industry is the Kickstarter campaign of Android-based console Ouya.
But while journalists appear to be bearish about its chances, developers are keen as mustard.
US start up Astrogun is one such, with its CEO Xander Davis telling us...
"If Ouya counts for anything, it's that there is now a clearly established market need and desire to give video game development power to the people.
"This is such a disruptive and exciting time, Astrogun wants to do everything it can to be ready for it as it happens, whether it will or not."
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