‘The Last Of Us’ director Neil Druckmann promoted to Naughty Dog co-president

nme.com:

Naughty Dog, having spent the last three years as vice president at the development studio.Druckmann was the creative director of Uncharted 4 and both The Last Of Us and The Last Of Us: Part II.

He has worked at Naughty Dog for his entire time in the games industry, beginning as a programming intern on Jak 3. He then worked as a game designer on Uncharted 1 and Uncharted 2, and has gradually risen up the ranks at the studio.The news came via a blog post from Evan Wells, who will be co-president alongside Druckmann.

Wells called the appointment a “well-deserved promotion,” while confirming that Alison Mori and Christian Gyrling would both be stepping up to the vice president role.Druckmann will remain creative director and lead writer on.