QUOTE | “I believe that it is very difficult to immediately build up a big IP.... you need at least three games before you can tell whether an IP is going to be really successful or not.” - Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda, explaining his Law of Third Titles for AAA games.
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Ladies and gentleman, it’s time to panic.
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It’s Friday, which means a new installment in Worth Reading, our weekly roundup of the best writing about games in the past week. Except, of course, when one story is from four years ago.
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