Abubakar Salim is CEO of Surgent Studios.

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Abubakar Salim, founder of Surgent Studios, is proving to be an agile maker of games.

Salim, a famous actor who is one of the stars of HBO’s House of the Dragon, started Surgent Studios in 2019 to make the side-scrolling Metroidvania game Tales of Kenzara: Zau.

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