After two years working on Bungie's Destiny, writer Joshua Rubin is departing the studio to work on Telltale Games' upcoming Game of Thrones project

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"It's a privilege to be working on Telltale's Game of Thrones ," Rubin said via Twitter . "I am such a massive fan of the HBO show!"Rubin previously served as the lead writer at Visceral Games and Capcom, and penned the script for Assassin's Creed II, which landed the No. 14 spot on IGN's Top 100 Games of Last Generation . Rubin said that, despite his years of experience writing video games, he has a high bar to meet."[David] Benioff and [D.B.] Weiss have set an incredibly high standard for writing," Rubin said . "I'm inspired by their work every season. I’m gonna have to up my game!"Telltale confirmed development on the Game of Thrones project in December , saying the game won't be a prequel to the HBO show, but instead run parallel to the series. Not much else is known about the game, but HBO announced it would be a "multi-year, multi-title partnership between Telltale and HBO Global Licensing, targeted to premiere digitally in 2014 with an episodic game series for home consoles, PC/Mac, and mobile devices. Specific platform details are yet to be announced."Stay tuned to IGN for more news regarding Rubin's new role.

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