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.
Unfolding story: The making of Tearaway
In his latest Making of, PocetGamer.biz freelancer, Kirk Mckeand, spoke to the talented folks at Media Molecule to find out how they gave life to the gorgeous papercraft adventure game, Tearaway.
"It went from a dungeon-crawler, to open-world-RPG, to an adventure game. Each time we honed in more [on] what was interesting and what we wanted rid of," explained Tearaway lead creator Rex Crowie.
"The paper gave reason as to why you're able to tear through the world, [also] providing a tactile landscape for using the front-touch. A game should be recognisable from a single screenshot and this helped achieve a different look, and a different feel."
Exclusive: Rovio unveils groundbreaking new publishing program
Making its way into the Hot Five for the second time in as many weeks is Rovio's latest third party publishing initiative, which is designed to make learning fun, and introduce a new generation of children to games that "entertain, inspire, and educate".
Rovio is confident that its huge presence in the mobile market will give developers who sign up to the new publishing program "extraordinary visibility" through its cross promotion activities.
"When kids are bored, their learning plummets," detailed the Finnish firm in a statement given to PocketGamer.biz.
"When they're engaged, anything's possible. So we're looking for new game ideas to entertain kids and motivate them to learn. Games that parents can also feel good about."
60 new Flappy Bird clones hit the App Store every day
Roughly 60 new Flappy Bird clones are hitting the App Store every day according to a report on PG.biz sister site, Pocket Gamer.
Our highly trained number crunchers have worked out that a new clone is born every 24 minutes as everyone and their goldfish tries to cash in on the success of Dong Nguyen's original release.
"Our definition of a Flappy Bird clone, by the way, is any game in which you guide some character through an obstacle course of pipes (or similar objects) hanging from the ceiling and sticking out of the ground," explained Pocket Gamer editor Mark Brown.
"That character could be a bird, a fish, an eagle, a super goat, Nyan Cat, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Bear Grylls on a jet pack, Flappy Bird inventor Dong Nguyen, the floating head of Kanye West, or the chief minister of the state of Gujarat, Narendra Modi."
Phone a friend: QuizUp generated 10 organic installs per paid download
Mobile marketing and monetisation firm, Fisku, recently highlighted the role it played in fuelling the success of Plain Vanilla's viral hit, QuizUp.
Fisku has revealed that as the marketing partner for Plain Vanilla, it managed a campaign that saw the game deliver a click thru rate of 5.6 percent.
More importantly, however, it has been noted that QuizUp managed to generate 10 organic installs for each paid install, a figure that's twenty times higher than expected.
According to Fisku, this helped QuizUp gain the impressive following of over 10 million users that it has today.
Pocket Gamer's ultimate GDC 2014 party guide
With GDC staring us right in the face, it's no surprise to see our exquisitely crafted party guide back in the Hot Five.
Assembled by our very own Martine Paris, who left no stone unturned in her search for shenanigans, our guide will let you know where you can relax, or go wild, after a long day on the show floor.
So, if you're the type that likes to plan ahead, you can head on over to the party guide right now to find out where to be when the sun sets over San Francisco in a few weeks time.
