Director Koushi Nakanishi claims that the found footage concept came from members of the crew visiting haunted locations around Osaka with GoPro cameras.
According to scenario director Morimasa Sato, Jack Baker was known simply as "Daddy" during the game's development. The name Jack came from the character of Jack Torrence, played by Jack Nicholson in The Shining (1980).
In the Happy Birthday tape (which takes place right after the Banned 21 tape) Clancy has all 5 fingers on both hands, meaning canonically he didn't lose a single game of blackjack during the first round.
Belgian retailer Game Mania offered a pre-order bundle for this game that, as a joke, included adult diapers. With that, the retailer poked fun on the VR element of this game.
Among the many homages to past games is a book players may spot on tables or in boxes. This book, titled The Unveiled Abyss, was written by Clive R O'Brian, former head of the BSAA in Resident Evil Revelations.