Neil Druckmann, the creator of video game “The Last of Us,” is taking a step back from HBO’s TV adaptation. Druckmann, who was deeply involved in the first two seasons of the drama series as a co-showrunner alongside Craig Mazin, will be limiting his involvement in the show’s upcoming third season, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.

The Last of Us Season 2 may be over, but HBO is already looking ahead to the future of the renewed series, gearing up for Season 3 of the post-apocalyptic series based on the popular video games. While viewers saw Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) journey together come to a heartbreaking conclusion earlier in Season 2,

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.