Ben Judd

Ben Judd
Born (1974-10-25) October 25, 1974 (age 50)
Centerville, Ohio
Occupations
  • Video game producer
  • translator
  • agent
Years active2002–2019
Employer(s)Formerly Digital Development Management, Formerly Dangen

Ben Judd (born October 25, 1974) is an American translator, producer, and agent. He is a former Capcom employee.[1] Judd is an American and lives in Japan and became Capcom's first non-Japanese producer.[2][3][4][5] Judd has had several voice acting cameos in his career, including the English voice of the character Phoenix Wright in the Ace Attorney series.

He formerly worked for Digital Development Management (DDM), a video game agency.[6] At DDM, Judd helped organize the Kickstarter crowdsourcing campaigns for Mighty No. 9 and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night as well as helped create the deal to make Scalebound.[7] Judd is a co-founder of Dangen, a video game publisher.[8]

Judd resigned as CEO of Dangen Entertainment following allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior by multiple people who had worked with him.[9][10]

  1. ^ Shea, Cam (2017-06-07). "How Dangen Aims to Connect Indies With the Devs That Inspired Them". IGN. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
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  5. ^ "Gerald W. (Jerry) BOURNE". legacy.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-23.
  6. ^ "Directing from the sidelines". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
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  9. ^ Olson, Mathew (2019-12-11). "The CEO of Japanese Indie Publisher Dangen Entertainment Resigns As Allegations of Harassment Mount". USgamer. Archived from the original on 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  10. ^ Allen, Eric Van (2019-12-06). "In Japan, a Dispute Filled With Accusations of Sexual Harassment and Bad Business Practices Boils Over". USgamer. Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-12.