HBO's The Last of Us takes a major hit as co-creator and writer Neil Druckmann leaves to focus on Naughty Dog and video games.

The Last of Us' co-creator Neil Druckmann has announced he is stepping away from the HBO series ahead of Season 3.

UPDATED with a statement from Halley Gross: There is a big creative shakeup happening on HBO’s The Last of Us as Season 3 gets underway. Neil Druckmann, who co-created and directed the Naughty Dog video games for Sony Playstation and has been quite hands on throughout the first two seasons of the TV adaptation, will …