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Three former execs at Ubisoft have been found guilty of sexually and psychologically harassing the women who worked with them ...
XDefiant game director Mark Rubin discusses why the multiplayer FPS failed, pointing to a lack of resources and marketing from Ubisoft. Ken Allsop Published: 3 weeks ago XDefiant ...
Mark Rubin, the lead designer of Ubisoft’s now-dead free-to-play shooter XDefiant, has left the games industry following his project’s death. A former Call of Duty lead, Rubin spent years ...
Mark Rubin, Executive Producer of free-to-play arena shooter title XDefiant, has departed Ubisoft following the game’s shut down on June 3rd, 2025. In addition to leaving the French developer and ...
Producer Mark Rubin, who led development fo the game having previously worked on the Call of Duty series at Activision, called it a "sad day" in a lengthy statement posted to X/Twitter earlier today.
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Ubisoft's multiplayer shooter XDefiant has officially closed down, and now game director Mark Rubin has announced he's leaving the games industry ...
It was late last year that we knew Ubisoft's XDefiant wasn't long for this world. After one final update, the game chugged along to its death this June. Now that the game is officially gone for good, ...
Ubisoft announced it would be shutting XDefiant down last December. Mark Rubin Two production studios were closed as a result, and nearly 300 employees were affected by layoffs.
Unfortunately for Rubin, his career ends on a sour note. Mark Rubin has officially announced his retirement from the video game industry. As reported by Insider Gaming, he shared this statement on ...
The early closure of Ubisoft’s free FPS, XDefiant, has claimed a notable victim: after twenty years in the video game industry, producer Mark Rubin has decided to leave the company and retire from ...
A MUCH-LOVED game is shutting down next week on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S after only a year. The free-to-play first person shooter had 11million players across the world at its height. Publisher Ubis… ...