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Lee has won a Primetime Emmy for the series Dirty Work Game Innovator of the Year for Exploding Kittens a Peabody Award for the world’s first alternate reality game, The Beast and an IndieCade Trailblazer Award for a distinguished career in interactive entertainment, among others. He began his career at Microsoft Games Studios as a lead designer on the original Xbox. Prior to that, he was the founder and chief creative officer of Fourth Wall Studios and co-founder of 42 Entertainment. Under his leadership, Exploding Kittens has expanded its portfolio to nearly 30 different games with more than 20 million games sold in more than 50 countries since its founding in 2015.īefore founding Exploding Kittens, Lee was the chief design officer at Xbox Entertainment Studios, where he led the Interactive Entertainment Portfolio.

I want the players to be in the spotlight.” - Elan LeeĮlan Lee ( is the co-creator and chief executive officer of Exploding Kittens, a leading gaming and entertainment company. “I don’t want a game to be in the spotlight.

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