Joshua Rubin | |
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| Born | Joshua Rudrananda Rubin |
| Alma mater | Hampshire College |
| Occupations | Video game writer and narrative director |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Parent | Bruce Joel Rubin |
Joshua Rubin is an American video game writer and narrative director. Rubin served as the lead writer for the sci-fi third-person shooter Outriders. He also served as co-writer for Assassin's Creed 2 and is known for his work on other video games including Destiny, Telltale's The Walking Dead: Michonne and Game of Thrones.
Rubin was born in New York in 1972 and raised in Bloomington, Indiana. He is the son of screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin. [1] [2] He studied fiction writing at Hampshire College. [3]
In 2009, he served as a co-writer for Assassin's Creed 2. [4] [5] [6] In 2010, he wrote the script for a planned sequel to Dante’s Inferno, titled Dante’s Purgatorio, which was cancelled during pre‑production. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Rubin joined Bungie in March 2012 and worked on the development of the studio's first-person shooter Destiny. [14] [15] [16] He later joined Telltale Games in August 2014 and served as lead writer on the video game adaptation of Game of Thrones. [17] [18] At Telltale, He also worked on other episodic titles including The Walking Dead: Michonne , The Walking Dead: A New Frontier and Minecraft: Story Mode. [19] [20] [21]
In 2017, he became the lead writer on People Can Fly's sci-fi third-person shooter Outriders. [22] [23] [24] [25]
Rubin also worked on AR and VR titles, including Asset 15, The Way of Kings: Escape the Shattered Plains. He served as narrative Director on Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son and Orion Drift. [26] [27] [28] [29] In 2023, he won an Interactive Emmy for his work on Netflix’s You vs. Wild: Out Cold. [30] [31]
In 2025, Rubin launched the comic‑book imprint Strange Land Comics and published its first title, Time Sensitive #1. [32] [33] [34] [35]