The movie is set between Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 3.
There is reference to the main character in Dead Rising 2, Chuck Greene. One zombie is wearing the signature yellow jacket that Chuck wears in Dead Rising 2.
Near the end of the movie, the scene where Crystal fights the motorcycle gang leader in the warehouse, a gang member can be seen playing Dead Rising 3.
Frank's book cover is from the Dead Rising video game box cover.
Chase is seen wearing a t-shirt with a Servbot on it, the Servbots were robotic characters from the Mega Man Legends video games that was published by Capcom who also made the Dead Rising video games.