Naughty Dog president Evan Wells has announced that Neil Druckmann is now the co-president of the video game developer.

The announcement comes via Naughty Dog’s blog, written by Wells. Well explains that former vice-president Druckmann is now the co-president of the company. Alison Morio and Christian Gyrling (former director of operations and programming director respectively) will now serve as vice presidents of Naughty Dog.

You can find the full statement below.

“As we close out a year that has seen its challenges as we all live through a global pandemic, there have been bright moments too. One exciting moment for Naughty Dog was the long-anticipated release of The Last of Us Part II in June. Another moment comes today as we wanted to share some other terrific news about the studio.

At an all-studio meeting today, we announced some well-deserved promotions:

Neil Druckmann now joins me as Co-President of Naughty Dog, after serving almost three years as Vice President. In addition, we’re welcoming Alison Mori and Christian Gyrling as Vice Presidents of Naughty Dog. Prior to becoming Vice President, Alison served as our Director of Operations and Christian served as our Co-Director of Programming.

We have such an incredible team at Naughty Dog and being able to work alongside each and every one of them is especially meaningful these days. I feel proud of the team when I’m able to recognize their accomplishments and contributions to the studio. Please join me in giving them all a big congratulations!”

While initially working as a programmer on Jak 3 (launched 2004), Druckmann would later become a designer and writer with Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (launched 2007). He would later become the creative director on The Last of Us (launched 2013); and has recently become the executive producer and writer on the TV series adaption.

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