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What you need to know
- Neil Druckmann was previously vice president of Naughty Dog.
- Druckmann also directed games such as The Last of Us Part 2.
- Now, Druckmann has been promoted to co-president of Naughty Dog.
In a , Naughty Dog president Evan Wells announced today that creative director and Naughty Dog vice president Neil Druckmann is now co-president of the studio. Additionally, Alison Mori and Christian Gyrling have been promoted to vice presidents of Naughty Dog.
Druckmann's career with Naughty Dog began when he was working as a programmer on Jak 3, which release in 2004. Since then, he's worked on several other titles before serving as a creative director on the widely-acclaimed The Last of Us. He also worked as creative director on Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
Naughty Dog released The Last of Us Part 2 earlier this year to great commercial success, with over of the game in its first few days of release. The game also received numerous nominations in the upcoming . There haven't been any enhancements added yet and we're still waiting to learn just what form the Factions online multiplayer will take.
In our , our PlayStation lead Jennifer Locke wrote that "I can't say that The Last of Us Part II is better than its predecessor. I might be comfortable saying it's just as good in its own, different ways. It's certainly going to be divisive, but I don't think Naughty Dog minds that. As one character says, if they had a chance to do it all over again in the exact same way, they would."