Amy Hennig, creative director on the Uncharted series, has left Naughty Dog (report)

Video game website IGN has confirmed the departure of Amy Hennig, the long-time creative director for the blockbuster Uncharted action-adventure franchise, from developer Naughty Dog. According to the website’s report, Hennig was in the process of writing the latest entry in the series before she left the company.

The departure is a big deal because Hennig’s strong focus on story and character development earned huge praise for the Uncharted series across not just the game industry but among critics of other media industries like books and film. In that sense, she was part of a number of imaginative game creators who have brought modern video games on par with other artistic media.