Joshua Rubin | |
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Born | Joshua Rudrananda Rubin New York, United States |
Alma mater | Hampshire College |
Occupation(s) | Video game writer and narrative director |
Years active | 2002–present |
Joshua Rubin is an American video game writer and narrative director. Rubin is known for his work on Assassin's Creed 2, Outriders, and Telltale's Game of Thrones.
Rubin was born in New York City in 1972 and raised in an Ashram in Bloomington, Indiana. He is the son of screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. Rubin studied at Hampshire College and graduated in 1997 with a BA in Fiction writing. After starting out working on screenplays, Rubin moved into writing for videogames.[1]
Rubin worked as one of the lead writers on Assassin's Creed 2 in 2009.[2][3][4][5][6] After briefly working as a lead writer at Visceral Games and Capcom, he joined the narrative team at Bungie in 2012 and worked on the developer's then upcoming first-person shooter Destiny.[7][8][9][10][11]
In August 2014, Rubin left Bungie, ahead of Destiny's release and joined Telltale Games as a writer, working on multiple games including the Game of Thrones video game.[12][13][14] He then went on to work on multiple VR and interactive titles, including Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son, a sequel to the 1993 film, and the Argos File, a sci-fi VR short that won the 2016 Proto Award for Best Live Action Experience..[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
In April 2017, Rubin became the lead writer on People Can Fly's sci-fi third-person shooter Outriders, as well as its DLC "Worldslayer".[23][24][25][26][27]
In 2023, Rubin won an Interactive Emmy for his work on Netflix's You vs. Wild: Out Cold.[28]
Year | Title | Notes |
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2009 | Assassin's Creed II | Writer |
2014 | Destiny | Writer |
2014 | Game of Thrones | Writer |
2015 | Minecraft: Story Mode | Writer |
2016 | The Walking Dead: Michonne | Writer |
2016 | The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | Writer |
2017 | The Argos File | Narrative Director[29][30] |
2018 | The Way of Kings: Escape the Shattered Plains | Lead Writer[31] |
2019 | Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son | Narrative Director[citation needed] |
2019 | Moons of Madness | Narrative Consultant |
2019 | Lost Ember | Narrative Consultant |
2021 | You vs Wild: Out Cold | Producer/Narrative Designer[28] |
2021 | Outriders | Lead writer |
2022 | Outriders: Worldslayer | Lead writer |
2023 | Everspace 2 | Narrative Consultant[32][33] |
2023 | Asset 15 | Lead Writer |