Dead Rising: Watchtower (2015)

Set between the events of the second and third game, Chase Carter and his camerawoman Jordan Blaire cover the zombie outbreak in East Mission, Oregon. With the city mostly evacuated, the government — running an organization called FEZA; Federal Emergency Zombie Agency — set up another zone wherein infected are administered the antiviral drug, Zombrex, to prevent their transformation. However, at the center, the Zombrex doesn't take effect which causes numerous people to turn. In the chaos, Jordan manages to escape the city, while Chase is left behind.

Chase manages to survive the initial onslaught along with Crystal O'Rourke — an experienced loner who was infected in a previous outbreak, and hasn't taken the government administered Zombrex; and Maggie, a grieving mother whose daughter was infected and subsequently killed, which in turn left Maggie in a state of delusion and denial. When Maggie explains that her daughter took the Zombrex, while Crystal carries her own, Chase theorizes this is a new strain that's resistant. Chase reaches out to Susan Collier, a news anchor outside the city, who is covering the outbreak along with Frank West, explaining his theory. In the meantime, Jordan reaches a military safe zone, overseen by General Lyons and Dr. Norton.

Taking refuge in a pawn shop, Chase, Crystal and Maggie come across a group of anarchist bikers led by Logan. who had infiltrated the city to reign over the chaos. Jordon contacts Chase from outside and learns the government intends to firebomb the city. Chase goes on the air to deny the government's cover story. Witnessing Crystal administering her personal Zombrex needle, Chase realizes that the infection isn't resistant, while Jordon investigates the safe zone. Jordan tells Lyons about Chase's theory and is secretly given the location of a warehouse where the government's Zombrex is kept. Giving the location to Chase's group, they have Crystal test the government's Zombrex against Crystal's supply, proving the government's batch to be defective.

Chase broadcasts Crystal's test, and the public outrage forces Lyons to postpone the firebombing. However, the warehouse is shown to be the hideout of Logan's gang, who have captured numerous zombies. Believing her daughter to be among them, Maggie willingly lets herself be bitten while embracing her. Logan captures Crystal and reveals his intent to bomb the city's walls and spread the outbreak further. In the ensuing fight, Logan's men are killed, while Logan himself is bitten and infected by a zombie. Meanwhile, Lyons addresses a press conference, where he accuses Nortan of handing out defective Zombrex. Afterwards, Lyons tells Jordan that he sent an evacuation team to rescue Chase, but found no survivors; however, Jordan realizes Lyons' deception when Chase calls immediately afterwards.

Lyons announces to the press the government's plan to place a Zombrex chip in the infected that will keep them inculcated, but must be administered yearly. Before he leaves, Norton warns Jordan that those chips will allow the government to track the infected. Jordan notices a military truck from the day before was carrying those chips, and that the government orchestrated the outbreak as a pretense to use them. Crystal and Chase reach the city wall, pursued by zombies and a transforming Logan, who intends to bomb the wall. Chase and Crystal kill Logan, and are taken into the safezone where Crystal is implanted with the chip. Meanwhile, Norton is killed as part of the cover up, and Jordan is captured, but not before leaving her phone for Chase to find. While the city is firebombed, Chase and Crystal uncover the government's true plans.