Ubisoft's Mark Rubin has announced his departure from the company as its live service shooter XDefiant is officially sunsetted. Rubin, who was executive producer on the title, shared he was ...

XDefiant game director Mark Rubin discusses why the multiplayer FPS failed, pointing to a lack of resources and marketing from Ubisoft. Ken Allsop Published: Jun 5, 2025 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ubisoft's multiplayer shooter XDefiant has officially closed down, and now game director Mark Rubin has announced he's leaving the games industry overall.He also discussed what he believes went ...

Ubisoft's XDefiant Is Officially Shut Down. Servers for the free to play shooter are now offline. ... "Free-to-play, in particular, is a long journey," executive producer Mark Rubin wrote in the post.

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.

Publisher Ubisoft - known for making ... "Many free-to-play games take a long time to find their footing and become profitable," Mark Rubin, the game's executive producer said. Read More On TECH.

XDefiant chief Mark Rubin has quit the industry entirely, claiming Ubisoft's doomed Call of Duty rival had "very little marketing" or "the right resources to make content." ...

A central figure to the rise and fall of XDefiant was its executive producer, Mark Rubin. He made his mark in the industry as the executive producer for Infinity Ward between 2005 and 2015 ...