Eric Shen
Eric Shen is the Executive Producer and Game Director on Legends of Runeterra, where he sets the vision for the game alongside the amazing LoR team. Eric also gets hands on with some of the more granular product and systems design work.
After beginning his career as a lawyer before finding his forever home in gaming, he’s had the opportunity to work on a variety of games from Words With Friends at Zynga to Marvel Avengers Academy at Jam City. A long-time Magic: the Gathering player, Eric jumped quickly at the opportunity to join the Legends of Runeterra team after its global launch.
Eric was raised in Southern California but has lived all over the US, including New York, Seattle, Dallas, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Philosophy, and received his JD from Columbia Law School. Not only is Eric a lifelong collectible card game enthusiast but he also considers himself a movie buff, a relentless foodie, and is a proud dog dad to his corgi, Truffle.
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