The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann is stepping back from the HBO show

Neil Druckmann, co-creator of The Last of Us video crippled and co-showrunner connected the HBO adaptation, volition beryllium stepping distant from the tv bid moving forward. In a statement, Druckmann — who is besides workplace caput astatine The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog — said the determination was made to absorption connected the studio’s upcoming games.

“With enactment completed connected play 2 and earlier immoderate meaningful enactment starts connected play 3, present is the clip to modulation my implicit absorption to Naughty Dog and its aboriginal projects, including penning and directing our breathtaking adjacent game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, on with my responsibilities arsenic workplace caput and caput of creative,” Druckmann wrote.

Druckmann co-led the HBO bid for its archetypal 2 seasons alongside Craig Mazin, best-known arsenic the creator of different HBO series, Chernobyl. Druckmann’s enactment connected the amusement is apt 1 of the main reasons it has hewed truthful intimately to the root material. Before that, helium was heavy progressive successful astir of Naughty Dog’s large releases, including not lone The Last of Us and its sequel, but besides serving arsenic originative manager connected Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End.

The studio’s adjacent release, Intergalactic, is simply a sci-fi bounty hunting game, which was revealed astatine The Game Awards successful December. The Last of Us connected HBO was renewed for a 3rd play earlier this year, and wrapped up play 2 successful May.