Wanted: Dead is heavily inspired by Robocop, Cyber City Oedo 808 and Dominion Tank Police as stated by the developers.
The title screen of the game is an homage to Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.
During development, the game's creative director Sergei Kolobashkin's unbridled creativity helped earn him the nickname "Wakai Okami" with certain members of the development team.
Vivienne's cat Paws was modeled after Arnaud, the creative director's cat.