Naughty Dog Address Amy Henning Departure Rumours
A few days ago the videogame industry was rocked by the departure of Naughty Dogs Amy Henning, who was a creative director and writer, and a key figure behind the success of the Uncharted series. This of course sparked rumours to why she left, did she leave on her own free will? Was she forced out via a diabolical scheme fronted by Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann?
While there must be more to the story, to which we will probably never know, Naughty Dog has released a statement to address Amy Henning’s departure and of course those rumours:
However, we feel it necessary to clear up a very important point that was unprofessionally misreported when the story broke. Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann were NOT involved in what transpired. It was very upsetting to us that dozens of stories were run, linking back to the same hurtful accusations in the original report. As co-presidents of Naughty Dog, we are responsible for all studio affairs.
Normally, we wouldn’t respond to rumors and speculation on matters that are internal to Naughty Dog, but because the personal reputation of two of our employees is being damaged we needed to set the record straight. There is nothing left to be said on this subject. Now we’re going back to what we should be focused on – making games.