Videogames have always been a huge part of Abubakar Salim’s life; Kingdom Hearts was, for him, an early example of games being a powerful storytelling medium just like books, film, or television. But back then, popping a disc into a PlayStation felt like magic – it didn’t seem possible that games could be a career.
At least not until he got his acting break as Bayek, the lead character in Assassin’s Creed Origins. “I realised there is an actual world behind the game
