That’s in large part because yesterday also reminded us just how chaotic the game industry is. In the biggest news of the day, a series of wide-ranging layoffs at Microsoft impacted numerous Xbox studios, the latest bad news for an industry that has frankly been devastated by instability in recent years.

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 take a step back from the series creatively for Season 3, sources confirm to Deadline.

Neil Druckmann, co-creator of 'The Last of Us,' has departed the HBO series ahead of Season 3 to focus on Naughty Dog's 'Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.' Halley Gross also steps back, leaving Craig Mazin as sole showrunner.