Naughty Dog and Sony Interactive Entertainment have chosen not to comment on recent reports of severe crunch at the studio, but The Last of Us II director Neil Druckmann isn?t holding back on Twitter.
In what seems to be a response to former Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us II animator Jonathan Cooper?s remarks, the Naughty Dog VP has been praising the game?s animation and production teams, with developers rallying behind him.

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