Abubakar Salim
@abubakarsalim.bsky.social
Actor | Writer | Director | Game Developer
My daughter likes the song Nightcall.
Is she cooler than me already at 3?
Wtf
Is she cooler than me already at 3?
Wtf
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My daughter likes the song Nightcall.
Is she cooler than me already at 3?
Wtf
Is she cooler than me already at 3?
Wtf
Today is my father’s birthday. I’m reminded of the love I had for him and the weight of his absence.
Zau was the only way I could make my grief real. Some days I hate it for that. But his true legacy was brilliance, inspiration, love. Happy birthday old man. I love you.
Zau was the only way I could make my grief real. Some days I hate it for that. But his true legacy was brilliance, inspiration, love. Happy birthday old man. I love you.
September 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Today is my father’s birthday. I’m reminded of the love I had for him and the weight of his absence.
Zau was the only way I could make my grief real. Some days I hate it for that. But his true legacy was brilliance, inspiration, love. Happy birthday old man. I love you.
Zau was the only way I could make my grief real. Some days I hate it for that. But his true legacy was brilliance, inspiration, love. Happy birthday old man. I love you.
Proud of this team.
Dead Take just crossed 500 reviews on Steam 🌹
Dead Take just crossed 500 reviews on Steam 🌹
September 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Proud of this team.
Dead Take just crossed 500 reviews on Steam 🌹
Dead Take just crossed 500 reviews on Steam 🌹
Dead Take @charalanahzard.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Dead Take @charalanahzard.bsky.social
Dead Take
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@charalanahzard.bsky.social @neilnewbon.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @samlakewrites.bsky.social @matthewmercer.bsky.social @janeperry.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🚨 REVIEWS ARE IN 🚨
“One of the finest horror experiences”
9/10 – Gamingbible
“One of the most harrowing I've experienced this year”
8/10 – GameSpot
“Escape room enthusiasts will love this haunting new game”
8/10 – GameRant
@abubakarsalim.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @neilnewbon.bsky.social
“One of the finest horror experiences”
9/10 – Gamingbible
“One of the most harrowing I've experienced this year”
8/10 – GameSpot
“Escape room enthusiasts will love this haunting new game”
8/10 – GameRant
@abubakarsalim.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @neilnewbon.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🚨 REVIEWS ARE IN 🚨
“One of the finest horror experiences”
9/10 – Gamingbible
“One of the most harrowing I've experienced this year”
8/10 – GameSpot
“Escape room enthusiasts will love this haunting new game”
8/10 – GameRant
@abubakarsalim.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @neilnewbon.bsky.social
“One of the finest horror experiences”
9/10 – Gamingbible
“One of the most harrowing I've experienced this year”
8/10 – GameSpot
“Escape room enthusiasts will love this haunting new game”
8/10 – GameRant
@abubakarsalim.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @neilnewbon.bsky.social
Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it. Huge thanks to the @surgentstudios.bsky.social & Pocketpair for bringing this vision to life.
That’s TWO personal, critically acclaimed games in a tough climate and we’re just getting started.
Bigger, bolder, better next 😘
That’s TWO personal, critically acclaimed games in a tough climate and we’re just getting started.
Bigger, bolder, better next 😘
August 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it. Huge thanks to the @surgentstudios.bsky.social & Pocketpair for bringing this vision to life.
That’s TWO personal, critically acclaimed games in a tough climate and we’re just getting started.
Bigger, bolder, better next 😘
That’s TWO personal, critically acclaimed games in a tough climate and we’re just getting started.
Bigger, bolder, better next 😘
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Fashionably late to the party (like Chase Lowry): here's my Dead Take interview with @abubakarsalim.bsky.social
We discussed the hair-raising performances @surgentstudios.bsky.social got by putting talented actors like Neil Newbon and Ben Starr front-and-centre!
store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/d...
We discussed the hair-raising performances @surgentstudios.bsky.social got by putting talented actors like Neil Newbon and Ben Starr front-and-centre!
store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/d...
Dead Take displays the dark heart of show business
We chat with Abubakar Salim about the new psychological horror game, putting actors first, and his real-life encounters with Hollywood grandeur.
store.epicgames.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Fashionably late to the party (like Chase Lowry): here's my Dead Take interview with @abubakarsalim.bsky.social
We discussed the hair-raising performances @surgentstudios.bsky.social got by putting talented actors like Neil Newbon and Ben Starr front-and-centre!
store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/d...
We discussed the hair-raising performances @surgentstudios.bsky.social got by putting talented actors like Neil Newbon and Ben Starr front-and-centre!
store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/d...
You requested for it, we deliver.
You can now continue before the Point of No Return & collect everything you missed as well as watch all those tapes of your favourite people.
Love me a bit of repeated Neil Newbon and Ben Starr action I do.
;)
You can now continue before the Point of No Return & collect everything you missed as well as watch all those tapes of your favourite people.
Love me a bit of repeated Neil Newbon and Ben Starr action I do.
;)
August 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
You requested for it, we deliver.
You can now continue before the Point of No Return & collect everything you missed as well as watch all those tapes of your favourite people.
Love me a bit of repeated Neil Newbon and Ben Starr action I do.
;)
You can now continue before the Point of No Return & collect everything you missed as well as watch all those tapes of your favourite people.
Love me a bit of repeated Neil Newbon and Ben Starr action I do.
;)
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talked with @abubakarsalim.bsky.social about his new game, Hollywood, and why AI sucks: "To have this idea of a generation being brought up on computer generated, weird AI slop, it's terrifying. You're all gonna start thinking the same.” www.wired.com/story/house-...
'House of the Dragon' Actor's New Horror Game Skewers Hollywood
Abubakar Salim’s game "Dead Take" explores scandals, exploitation, and AI-fueled media manipulation.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
talked with @abubakarsalim.bsky.social about his new game, Hollywood, and why AI sucks: "To have this idea of a generation being brought up on computer generated, weird AI slop, it's terrifying. You're all gonna start thinking the same.” www.wired.com/story/house-...
I love the fact that I’m on the same podcast interview episode as Vince Zampella with @skillup.bsky.social and @lucyjames.games as he talks about Battlefield and I’m chatting about Dead Take.
Send them 100 million players over here babe ;)
Thank you for having me!
Send them 100 million players over here babe ;)
Thank you for having me!
August 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I love the fact that I’m on the same podcast interview episode as Vince Zampella with @skillup.bsky.social and @lucyjames.games as he talks about Battlefield and I’m chatting about Dead Take.
Send them 100 million players over here babe ;)
Thank you for having me!
Send them 100 million players over here babe ;)
Thank you for having me!
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On this week's Crewcast, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound slashes its way into Frank's heart, Jeremy digs deep with Mashina and Heartworm, Danny shares the latest game from Surgent Studios, and the crew try to figure out if Battlefield 6 is the future of FPS games.
youtu.be/rvzbV8DuaCw
youtu.be/rvzbV8DuaCw
August 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
On this week's Crewcast, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound slashes its way into Frank's heart, Jeremy digs deep with Mashina and Heartworm, Danny shares the latest game from Surgent Studios, and the crew try to figure out if Battlefield 6 is the future of FPS games.
youtu.be/rvzbV8DuaCw
youtu.be/rvzbV8DuaCw
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Dead Take is a surprise standout experience from Surgent Studios. It's got a stacked cast with a focus on storytelling over anything else, using the allure of Hollywood as the gateway to unconventional horror.
Review: www.consolecreatures.com/dead-take-re...
Review: www.consolecreatures.com/dead-take-re...
August 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Dead Take is a surprise standout experience from Surgent Studios. It's got a stacked cast with a focus on storytelling over anything else, using the allure of Hollywood as the gateway to unconventional horror.
Review: www.consolecreatures.com/dead-take-re...
Review: www.consolecreatures.com/dead-take-re...
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4Gamer 🔗https://www.4gamer.net/games/915/G091578/20250806061/
［プレイレポ］音信不通の友人を追って，大邸宅へ。映画業界の闇に切り込む「Dead Take」はダークでシャープなホラー作品だ
Surgent Studiosが開発を手がけたサイコロジカル・ホラー。「パルワールド」のポケットペア（Pocketpair Publishing）による初パブリッシング作品
［プレイレポ］音信不通の友人を追って，大邸宅へ。映画業界の闇に切り込む「Dead Take」はダークでシャープなホラー作品だ
Surgent Studiosが開発を手がけたサイコロジカル・ホラー。「パルワールド」のポケットペア（Pocketpair Publishing）による初パブリッシング作品
［プレイレポ］音信不通の友人を追って，大邸宅へ。映画業界の闇に切り込む「Dead Take」はダークでシャープなホラー作品だ
www.4gamer.net
August 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
4Gamer 🔗https://www.4gamer.net/games/915/G091578/20250806061/
［プレイレポ］音信不通の友人を追って，大邸宅へ。映画業界の闇に切り込む「Dead Take」はダークでシャープなホラー作品だ
Surgent Studiosが開発を手がけたサイコロジカル・ホラー。「パルワールド」のポケットペア（Pocketpair Publishing）による初パブリッシング作品
［プレイレポ］音信不通の友人を追って，大邸宅へ。映画業界の闇に切り込む「Dead Take」はダークでシャープなホラー作品だ
Surgent Studiosが開発を手がけたサイコロジカル・ホラー。「パルワールド」のポケットペア（Pocketpair Publishing）による初パブリッシング作品
Dead Take is out now on Steam.
As is this face on YouTube.
As is this face on YouTube.
August 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Dead Take is out now on Steam.
As is this face on YouTube.
As is this face on YouTube.
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Got to do a one on one with @abubakarsalim.bsky.social to talk about Dead Take, a phenomenal horror game starring a bunch of people you know and love.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6z6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6z6...
You NEED To Play This New Horror Game - Kinda Funny Gamescast
YouTube video by Kinda Funny Games
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August 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Got to do a one on one with @abubakarsalim.bsky.social to talk about Dead Take, a phenomenal horror game starring a bunch of people you know and love.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6z6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6z6...
I’m doing a Reddit AMA about Dead Take on r/gaming TODAY at 4PM BST (8AM PT, 11AM ET)
Get your early questions in now and I’ll see you soon!
Get your early questions in now and I’ll see you soon!
August 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I’m doing a Reddit AMA about Dead Take on r/gaming TODAY at 4PM BST (8AM PT, 11AM ET)
Get your early questions in now and I’ll see you soon!
Get your early questions in now and I’ll see you soon!
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I watched @jeffbrutlag.bsky.social play Dead Take last night on stream and it was great. I don’t usually want to buy horror games, but I would fuck with this one. The cast acted their faces off (esp Neil & Ben), the story was good, and it stuck the landing (which many horror games fail at IMO).
August 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I watched @jeffbrutlag.bsky.social play Dead Take last night on stream and it was great. I don’t usually want to buy horror games, but I would fuck with this one. The cast acted their faces off (esp Neil & Ben), the story was good, and it stuck the landing (which many horror games fail at IMO).
August 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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I loved this interview. Abubakar Salim from @surgentstudios.bsky.social talks about how Dead Take came together, the FMV performances, and more. Super interesting stuff. It's crazy that this game came together in only 7 months!
Dead Take Interview w/ Abubakar Salim - Hollywood's Dark Side
youtube.com/watch?v=waIf...
We chat with @surgentstudios.bsky.social about how their second game came together, the unsettling stories that inspired it, bringing together an all-star cast, and more.
@abubakarsalim.bsky.social #DeadTake
youtube.com/watch?v=waIf...
We chat with @surgentstudios.bsky.social about how their second game came together, the unsettling stories that inspired it, bringing together an all-star cast, and more.
@abubakarsalim.bsky.social #DeadTake
Dead Take Interview w/ Abubakar Salim - Hollywood's Dark Side
YouTube video by Easy Allies
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August 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I loved this interview. Abubakar Salim from @surgentstudios.bsky.social talks about how Dead Take came together, the FMV performances, and more. Super interesting stuff. It's crazy that this game came together in only 7 months!
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A game about the dark side of acting requires actors who can deliver, and Dead Take from Surgent Studios and Pocketpair Publishing hits the mark with Ben Starr and Neil Newbon. They are a perfect fit for this intense game. @icopartners.com
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www.gamesmarket.global/games-and-pr...
August 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
A game about the dark side of acting requires actors who can deliver, and Dead Take from Surgent Studios and Pocketpair Publishing hits the mark with Ben Starr and Neil Newbon. They are a perfect fit for this intense game. @icopartners.com
www.gamesmarket.global/games-and-pr...
www.gamesmarket.global/games-and-pr...
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Had such a great time chatting with you @abubakarsalim.bsky.social! I love FMV! @sofiahariz.bsky.social and I really enjoyed the game!
Dead Take Interview w/ Abubakar Salim - Hollywood's Dark Side
youtube.com/watch?v=waIf...
We chat with @surgentstudios.bsky.social about how their second game came together, the unsettling stories that inspired it, bringing together an all-star cast, and more.
@abubakarsalim.bsky.social #DeadTake
youtube.com/watch?v=waIf...
We chat with @surgentstudios.bsky.social about how their second game came together, the unsettling stories that inspired it, bringing together an all-star cast, and more.
@abubakarsalim.bsky.social #DeadTake
Dead Take Interview w/ Abubakar Salim - Hollywood's Dark Side
YouTube video by Easy Allies
youtube.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Had such a great time chatting with you @abubakarsalim.bsky.social! I love FMV! @sofiahariz.bsky.social and I really enjoyed the game!
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Watch @abubakarsalim.bsky.social talk about his favourite games at the link below 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=45u9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=45u9...
Dead Take Creator Abubakar Salim's Favourite Lines as Bayek in Assassin's Creed: Origins | BAFTA
YouTube video by BAFTA
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July 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Watch @abubakarsalim.bsky.social talk about his favourite games at the link below 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=45u9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=45u9...
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It's time to enter the mansion.
Dead Take is out now.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3352690/...
Epic Games Store: store.epicgames.com/p/dead-take-...
Dead Take is out now.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3352690/...
Epic Games Store: store.epicgames.com/p/dead-take-...
July 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
It's time to enter the mansion.
Dead Take is out now.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3352690/...
Epic Games Store: store.epicgames.com/p/dead-take-...
Dead Take is out now.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3352690/...
Epic Games Store: store.epicgames.com/p/dead-take-...