Joshua Rubin

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Joshua Rubin
Born
Joshua Rudrananda Rubin

New York, United States
Alma mater Hampshire College
Occupation(s)Video game writer and narrative director
Years active2002–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.

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Life and career

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]

Writing credits

YearTitleNotes
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
2017The Argos FileNarrative Director [29] [30]
2018The Way of Kings: Escape the Shattered PlainsLead Writer [31]
2019Groundhog Day: Like Father Like SonNarrative Director[ citation needed ]
2019Moons of MadnessNarrative 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]
2023Asset 15Lead Writer

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