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==Recent activities== Hubbard recently{{when|date=August 2018}} contributed a few re-arrangements of his themes to Chris Abbott's C64 tribute ''Back in Time Live''. Hubbard has performed several times with the Danish C64 cover band [[PRESS PLAY ON TAPE]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/rob-hubbard-chris-abbott/|title=Rob Hubbard & Chris Abbott (Gremlin/EA) - Interview|date=26 October 2017|website=Arcadeattack.co.uk|access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref> who have covered many of his early tunes using a full rock-band arrangement. Hubbard has also performed his old music on piano with the support of violinist and fellow chiptune composer [[Mark Knight (sound designer)|Mark Knight]]. Hubbard left EA in 2002 and returned to England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-commodore-zone.com/articlelive/articles/19/8/Rob-Hubbard/Page8.html|title=Rob Hubbard|website=The-commodore-zone.com|access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref> He has recently resumed playing in a band, and he has revisited his past game-music work in concert. His recent compositions have included music for mobile-phone games. In 2005, music from ''[[International Karate]]'' was performed live by a full orchestra at the third [[Symphonic Game Music Concert]]. The event took place in [[Leipzig]], [[Germany]]. Hubbard arranged and orchestrated the piece.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.8-bit-symphony.com/rob-hubbard.html|title=Rob Hubbard|website=8-bit-symphony.com|access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref> In 2014, Hubbard appeared in and composed music for the documentary feature film ''[[From Bedrooms to Billions]]'', a film that tells the story of the British video games industry. In November 2016, Hubbard received an honorary degree from [[Abertay University]] for his contributions to video-game music in the 1980s.<ref name="Abertay University">{{cite web |url=http://www.abertay.ac.uk/discover/news/news-archive/2016/name,32256,en.html |title=Abertay announces honorary graduates |website=abertay.ac.uk |access-date=2016-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127093711/http://www.abertay.ac.uk/discover/news/news-archive/2016/name,32256,en.html |archive-date=27 November 2016}}</ref>
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