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WHAT’S UP HOLMES?

Like most people, Waël Amr entered the industry at a young age. Unlike most people, he began with his own company, and never looked back. After a stint in the French army, Amr founded Frogwares at the age of 24. It began with a few people, and today employs around 90.

Initially, Frogwares developed point-and-click adventures, beginning with . Three games later, in 2005,. “The game was a flop market wise,” says Amr, “but it was very ambitious. The idea of going 3D was to modernize the genre. It was taken positively by some, but negatively by others because, you know, there are a lot of people that are looking backwards. Interesting, by the way, to have so many conservative people in modern media.”

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