Ben Bertolucci/development

Ben Bertolucci did not appear in Hideki Kamiya's script for Resident Evil 2, a stage in game development also referred to as "BIOHAZARD 1.5". Ben was created for Noboru Sugimura's mid-1997 script as part of a sub-plot involving Umbrella bribing Raccoon City's officials, including Chief Brian Irons. Ben was, therefore, created as a means of making the story more interesting to players early in the game.